18 Countries Ranked For Marijuana Tolerance In Africa
African governments have tried to limit and stop its use, but marijuana remains deeply ingrained in African tradition, recreation and economies.
It is illegal everywhere in Africa, but an important source of income. Levels of tolerance and law enforcement related to marijuana vary from country to country.
The website Marijuana Travels ranks 260 countries including at least 42 African countries for tolerance to marijuana. Countries are ranked from 1 — highly prohibited — to 10 — legal. Rankings include on-the-ground information on enforcement. The site appears to be updated regularly, in some cases, daily. The home page says the site was created to inform viewers of conditions affecting marijuana, which can change daily and sometimes hourly.
Indigenous to Central and South Asia, cannabis is thought to have made its way to Africa through contact with Arab traders connected to India.
The earliest evidence for cannabis in Africa outside of Egypt comes from 14th-century Ethiopia, where ceramic smoking-pipe bowls with traces...
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