We Visited South Korea’s First and Only Special Zone For Cannabis

Cannabis Culture
By Junhyup Kwon, ViceNov 11, 2021, 1:42 pm495 ptsTop
We talked to a young farmer about how he grows the plant in the first country in East Asia to legalize the use of medical cannabis. In 2020, South Korea designated the country’s southeastern province of Gyeongbuk as a regulation-free zone for hemp, making it the center of the country’s cannabis industry.…

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