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Apr 2021
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Is the legal cannabis business about to ...

Bbc World Service
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Changes to the laws governing cannabis use are happening around the world. The number of States in the USA legalising cannabis is increasing rapidly. Uruguay and Canada have legalised it already, and Mexico may soon follow suit.

Tanya Beckett looks at the different models of legalisation and at what might be holding the global cannabis industry back.

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