Cannabis sativa plant

Cannabis in Burkina Faso is illegal. Burkina Faso’s tropical environment makes it perfect for cannabis growth. Though, cannabis rates among adolescence are low, as most cannabis grown in Burkina Faso is grown to sell to places climates and/or laws that don’t allow for cannabis to be cultivated.

Cultivation and usage

From 2000 to 2005, Burkina Faso has had a total of 11,411 cannabis-induced seizures, with over 800 kilograms of seized cannabis in 2002.[1][2] Between 2009 and 2011, cannabis seizures in Burkina Faso doubled.[3] Burkina Faso, part of the Afrotropical realm, has the environment to grow cannabis.[2] Cannabis is commonly cultivated[4][5] and transported[6][7] through Burkina Faso, likely to sell to neighboring Nigeria, which has higher usage rates,[8] but stricter laws on cannabis cultivation.[9]

Cannabis has a low rate of usage among Burkina Faso adolescence.[10] Most cannabis grown in Burkina Faso is grown for sale to users in other nearby countries in the Sahel region, a region with environments unable to grow cananbis.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ United Nations. "Cannabis in Africa" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-04-10. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  2. 1 2 "AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2023.
  3. ↑ Rick Csiernik (19 April 2016). Substance Use and Abuse, 2nd Edition: Everything Matters. Canadian Scholars’ Press. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-1-55130-892-0.
  4. ↑ Adewole, Segun (2023-08-31). "Couple Arrested for Cannabis Cultivation in Burkina Faso". BNN Breaking. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  5. ↑ "The New Humanitarian | Clandestine cannabis farmers feed growing drug abuse". www.thenewhumanitarian.org. 2008-10-30. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  6. ↑ "Mother, son arrested with 105kgs of cannabis". 20 November 2023.
  7. ↑ "8,460 slabs of cannabis en route to Burkina Faso seized - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. 2020-06-07. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  8. ↑ "Drug Abuse among African Youth". www.artengine.ca. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  9. ↑ DRUG COMMISSION CONTINUES MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING TO REVIEW EFFORTS TO TACKLE GLOBAL DRUG PROBLEM (Report). UN Press. 17 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Zammit, N; Bennasrallah, C; Ghammem, R; et al. (20 October 2021). "Cannabis use in high school adolescents of SousseTunisia: Incidence and predictors". European Journal of Public Health. 31 (Supplement_3). doi:10.1093/eurpub/ckab165.263.
  11. ↑ Canada, Senate of. "Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs (37th Parliament, 1st Session)". SenCanada. Archived from the original on 2023-05-11. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  12. ↑ "Drug Trafficking and Organised Crime". UNOWAS. 2016-04-25. Archived from the original on 2023-08-06. Retrieved 2023-11-12.


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