LUSAKA, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Tuesday warned that the government will not allow abuse following the cabinet's approval for the cultivation, processing and exporting of cannabis for economic and medicinal purposes.
The Zambian leader said the government will not allow abuse of marijuana such as smoking because smoking marijuana was still a crime in the country.
The government, he said, has not legalized marijuana for smoking but only for commercial and medicinal purposes, state broadcaster, the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation, quoted him as saying.
The Zambian leader said he will engage the Ministry of Health and various stakeholders to sensitize people on why the government has decided to legalize cultivation and production of marijuana for medicinal and export purposes.
