Nigeria made a mistake by banning marijuana – Seun Kuti

Son of late Afro legend, Seun Kuti, has said that the
Nigerian government was ill advised to put an embargo
on the use of marijuana.
According to him, “There are doctors and scientists who
believe that marijuana should be legalized. There are
also lawyers, judges, and politicians who believe that
the war on drugs is a false war. That is actually a war
on the poor people all over the world, because bothv
poor people and rich people use drugs to be sane. But
you will find that here, people are in jail more for drug
use.”
“I believe that the decision is a carryover of colonial
law,” Seun noted.
He further pointed out that, “We as Africans had no
reason to ban marijuana. It was done out of the United
State lobby, forcing our governments to ban the drug.
One of the biggest markets in the world for marijuana in
the world is Israel (which is a more religious country
than Nigeria),” he quipped.
“But they understand the benefits,” he continued,
“especially the economic benefits. So much wealth can
be generated from it, but that is another issue entirely.
“I don’t think that the Nigerian government has ever
carried out any independent research on marijuana, so
why did they ban its use?” Seun quizzically noted.