Harare — The cash-strapped Zimbabwean government said on Tuesday that it will amend its laws to allow industrial production and export of cannabis in a desperate effort to boost its foreign currency earnings.

Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the country is looking to make cannabis exports a top foreign currency earner  and compete with tobacco, which is the country’s largest export earner outside mining...

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