By 1965 Nigeria was growing cannabis for local consumption and for illicit traffic with neighbouring countries and in international trade, according to Telia and colleagues as reported by du Toit.[1] Use at the time was concentrated among men — young migrant workers, political enforcers and secret societies with criminal aims such as Odozi Obodo and the Leopard society — in contrast to East Africa, where men and women both used the herb.[1]
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References
- Dagga: The History and Ethnographic Setting of Cannabis sativa in Southern AfricaBrian M. du Toit · In Cannabis and Culture, edited by Vera Rubin · Mouton · 1975 · West Africa section, printed pp. 101–102; Telia et al. 1967:40 on 1965 supply and trafficking; Lambo 1965:3, 6 and Boroffka 1966:378 on the male-concentrated user base
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