‘Swazi Gold’: Grandmothers In Eswatini Growing Cannabis To Make Ends Meet

Cannabis Culture
By The GuardianSep 2, 2021, 1:12 pm246 pts
In the poverty-stricken kingdom, an older generation rely on growing marijuana to feed children orphaned by Aids epidemic. In Nhlangano, in the south of Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), the illegal farming of the mountainous kingdom’s famous “Swazi gold” is a risk many grandmothers are ready to take. In…

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