Cannabis in Ghana Cannabis in Ghana Cannabis in Ghana is illegal without license from the Minister of Health, but the nation is, along with Nigeria, among the top illicit cannabis-producing countries of West Africa. Cannabis in Ghana is known as wee or devil's tobacco. There are two main theories as to how cannabis came to Ghana: The first report of illegal cannabis cultivation in Ghana occurred in 1960. Cannabis remains the most popular illegal drug in Ghana. Ghana is reported as the highest cannabis-using nation in Africa, and third in the world. In the 1990s, cannabis which had previously been an urban phenomenon
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