Cannabis is the new tobacco, says Malawi's president

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera warned on Wednesday that his country’s leading foreign exchange earner, tobacco, was in terminal decline and he urged a switch to high-growth crops like cannabis, which was legalized locally for some uses last year.

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