confirmed as the country with the highest
number of Indian Hemp smokers in the
world.
Nigeria's neighbour, Ghana, has made a most
notorious history as it has beaten the likes of
Jamaica and USA to become the country with the
most Indian Hemp smokers in the world.
According to a survey conducted by World Drug
Report, the West African nation was named as the
world ' Igbo » ' smoking leaders with 2.8 million
Ghanaians out of about the 25,000,000 million
population being active weed smokers and likely
to get high on a daily basis, a whopping 11.2% of
the populace.
In the report carried by Ghanaian top website,
OMG Ghana, » other countries that came under
the same study included Jamaica, USA, Nigeria
and the Netherlands but none of these countries
came close to the former Gold Coast in terms of
daily weed takers.
The report has it that while usage in the U.S. rose
after some marijuana legalization began in 2012,
it's still under 10%. Ghana still comes out on top
even though marijuana consumption is illegal in
the country.
OMG Ghana took a look at the national culture
that has made Ghanaians the world's top weed
smokers:
The weed scene in Ghana
Similar to most African countries, marijuana
is actually illegal in Ghana, but seems to be
openly acceptable by the new generation.
Smoking weed in high schools and the university
is considered 'cool'.
The area boys who are known to smoke
ganja are typically regarded as the 'cool kids
on the block', and are generally respected by the
community they reside.
Weed in Ghana is very cheap
Indian hemp is verycheap in Ghana as
compared to other nations, and this makes
even those with virtually no source of livelihood
to get easy access to the drug. There are generally
three grades available: "Marri" is low-quality,
"polli" is medium-grade and "riger" is the top-
shelf stuff, and they cost varying amount of
money.
Where Ghanaians get their weed
The 'BUSH' in the local communities are
notoriously known as the 'ganja' spots. Most
of the smoking is done outside in the bush. It's
very, very warm in Ghana, and thankfully, there
are many small hut-and-bench combos, which
allow for cool breezes to flow over you while
hiding from the ever-present glaring sun.
The Narcotics Control Board boss is open to
legalization
The Executive Secretary of the Narcotics
Control Board, (NACOB), Yaw Sarpong, can
see some wisdom in the legalisation of cannabis
sativa because increasingly, ordinary people do
not think that possessing the mentally-disturbing
substance is a crime.
Why Ghanaians love weed more than other
people
It's very unclear why, maybe the
Rastafarians have finally found a way to
positively influence the public or Ghanaians
simply know how to fun better than everyone
else.
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