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AU experts ask for ban on cannabis (Uganda)
By Carol Natukunda
HEALTH experts from the African Union (AU) have asked member states to ban the growing of cannabis, popularly known as marijuana.
They are worried that the cultivation of the drug, locally known as njaga/i>, was affecting agricultural production and posing serious food shortage on the continent.
It was also observed that cannabis users were at a higher risk of contracting HIV, among other sexually transmitted infections.
