Akeredolu gives details of meeting with Buhari on marijuana

Governor Akeredolu of Ondo State has revived his call for the legalization of marijuana when he paid a visit to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

According to the governor who met with the president at the State House in Abuja, the health benefits of marijuana should be taken advantage of by government.

Akeredolu also revealed that his call for the legalization of marijuana is not to encourage its smoking but for medical reasons.

He said, “It’s not because I take it; I take CBD, that’s the oil, for medical purposes.

"I am convinced about the use to which we can put marijuana. I know of the fact because we had to bring in experts, who have gone round and believe that the strain of marijuana that we grow in Ogbese in Ondo State is the best in the world.

"So, if you have that then a government must find a way to put it into good use. Our own is that the pathway to growing marijuana for medical reasons, not for anybody to smoke.”