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Cannabis in Nigeria is illegal yet the country is a major source of West African-grown cannabis thus ranked world's eight highest consumer of cannabis. Cannabis is widely grown across the States of Nigeria including Ondo State, Edo State, Delta State, Osun State, Oyo State and Ogun State. ==History== Though cannabis has long been present in Eastern and Central Africa, as well as throughout North Africa, most scholars believe cannabis only gained traction in Nigeria in the 20th century. It is widely believed that cannabis was introduced to the area by soldiers and sailors returning from conflict zones in North Africa and the Far East during and after World War II, though some scholars have stated that British colonial authorities had engaged in small-scale cannabis and coca cultivation as early as the 1930s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Assessing-Nigeria's-Drug-Control-Policy )〕 The cultivation of cannabis spread rapidly during the 1960s thereby making it a public issue in Nigeria after its abuse by individuals and psychiatrict patients. By the 1950s, arrests of Nigerian cannabis farmers are documented, as well as a small flow of Nigerian cannabis to the United States and Europe, and some import of cannabis from South Africa and the Belgian Congo. During the early 1970s, the use of cannabis became common among soldiers who abused it in order to suppress timidity.〔 The use of cannabis which became popular among youths between 1980-1990 has presently been linked with crimes like rape, murder, arm-robbery and mob attacks. During Nigeria's second military Junta, the military rulers issued Decree 20, which made the death penalty an available punishment for drug trafficking, though this was used only sparingly, focused on cocaine, and removed in 1985.〔 Nigeria strengthened its focus on cannabis eradication with the 1994 launch of "Operation Burn the Weeds", but the eradication program peaked in the 1999 at 3500 hectares (vice 40 hectares in 1994) before falling substantially in the 2000s. Despite Nigeria's role as a transshipment point for cocaine and heroin, throughout the 20th century cannabis remained the only illicit drug produced domestically. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cannabis in Nigeria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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