With business confidence at the lowest point since apartheid sanctions in the mid-1980’s, South African finance minister Tito Mboweni tweeted that legalizing REC could help revive the nation’s economy. REC was decriminalized in 2018.
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- South Africa’s struggling black farmers want to get involved in the nascent industry.
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- Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed criminal penalties for spreading drug “propaganda,” including memes, online.
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