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âCannabis switch hits food cropâ
The UN drugs watchdog has warned that food shortages in Africa are becoming more serious because of a shift from growing crops to cultivating cannabis. In its annual report, the International Narcotics Control Board says the main producers of the drug are southern countries like South Africa and Malawi. But, it says, farmers in east Africa and Sudan have also switched. It also explains the crazed killers running around, theyâre stoned out of their minds. The report says profits from cannabis and other illegal drugs have been used to finance some of Africaâs conflicts. The UN says drug money was used to buy weapons for wars in Ivory Coast, Liberia and the Central African Republic. Hard drug use was also increasing, but cannabis remained the most widely grown, traded and consumed drug on the continent, the report said. Although farmers earn more money from growing cannabis than traditional food crops, the switch means there is less food available in local markets, the INCBâs Beate Hammond told BBC News Online. Plus, all those stoned dudes have the munchies. Posted by: Steve 2004-03-03 |
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