Nigeria to Intensify 'Weed Eater' Drug Clampdown

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has destroyed 400 hectares of a cannabis farm at Ekiti as part of a renewed onslaught against the cultivation of cannabis sativa, popularly known as Indian hemp, grown illegally in the seven states of Ondo, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Oyo, Edo and Delta.

Hemp fields.

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