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Cannabis in Senegal

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56:. The rebels initially protected growers from the government, but by the 1990s had moved to taxing cannabis cultivators to finance the resistance. By 1995, collected cannabis taxes had reached several million dollars annually. A 1995 report noted that cannabis was the only drug produced in Senegal, and mostly for local consumption, but that the government had taken few steps to counter the cannabis trade. 72:
region. A small amount of cannabis is imported from neighbouring countries including Ghana, Mali, and Gambia, while cannabis resin has been found to enter Europe from Senegal, though that may have originated in further countries. Cannabis in Senegal is mainly distributed in the more developed
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In 1999, Senegalese authorities launched "Operation Cannabis V", which resulted in the destruction of some 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of treated cannabis and another 7 tonnes (6.9 long tons; 7.7 short tons) of cannabis being confiscated.
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Cannabis is cultivated in many parts of Senegal, particularly in the southern
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Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2000
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As early as the 1960s, cannabis (referred to by locals as
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International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 1995
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Index

History of cannabis in Senegal
Cannabis
Senegal
separatist rebels
Casamance
Dakar
groundnuts
West African CFA francs
West Africa
The International Drugs Trade
ISBN
978-1-135-45515-6
Global Organized Crime: Trends and Developments
ISBN
978-94-007-0985-0
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 1995
ISBN
978-0-7881-2057-2
International Narcotics Control Strategy Report
Report of the International Narcotics Control Board for 2000
ISBN
978-92-1-148131-0
"Cannabis use rises, but no-one can afford hard drugs"
2006 World Drug Report: Analysis
ISBN
978-92-1-148214-0
"Cannabis in Africa"
Africa Recovery
"Senegal's remote cannabis growers evade crackdown"
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