Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action
Congress (AAC), says he has never smoked cannabis in his life.
Sowore, an advocate for the legalisation of marijuana,
disclosed this during a Twitter Space hosted by The National Drug Law
Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The conversation, themed ‘Cannabis: health or wealth’, was
on whether cannabis should be legalised or not.
Sowore said even if cannabis is legalised, he would not
consume it because he is already “high” on justice.
“I do not consume
cannabis. Never smoked cannabis in my life. Even if you legalise it, I’d
probably not take it because I think I’m high on justice already. I don’t need
to add any more substance to it,” Sowore said.
In 2018, Sowore said Nigeria will export marijuana if he
gets elected as the president of the country.
Commenting during the space, the publisher of Sahara
Reporters added that he has maintained his stance because “I know all those
countries that have legalised/decriminalised growing of cannabis will come and
impose their products upon Nigeria whereas Nigeria has some of the best
products already”.
He argued that beyond consumption, cannabis can also be used
for the production of medicines, textiles and concrete.
Currently, the use of marijuana is outlawed in the country.
According to a report released by the United Nations Office
on Drug and Crime (UNODC) in 2018, marijuana is the most consumed substance in
Nigeria.
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