How Cannabis Legalization Can Fight Poverty?

The primary argument around cannabis legalization generally revolves around personal liberty. While this is the argument which should be stressed there are auxiliary arguments which should be used to supplement and I’m not talking about the typical utilitarian arguments such as the industrial and medical benefits which derive from cannabis research and use in the first world.

Instead I’m referring to the economic effects cannabis legalization would have on severely impoverished countries. Cannabis is grown in a number of countries rich and poor for a number of reasons including personal consumption. However, places which are severely impoverished cannabis growth and sales have become a means to make a living.

For example, Swaziland is a relatively small nation located betwixt South Africa and Mozambique. It is the only nation on the African continent to still have an absolute monarch and is one of the poorest countries in the world. Despite having little in the terms of economic output the nation’s citizens still have to suffer high government tax rates. Due to the economic hardship and political oppression wrought by the countries politics many locals have resorted to illegally growing some of the most potent cannabis sativa strain in the world often called Swazi Gold Nugs, in addition to other hybrid strains.

Despite the fact that Swaziland has never had a large cannabis culture the practice continues to spread among small subsistence farmers as the black-market industry yields considerable profit. Most of this product is shipped or smuggled to European markets and is not regularly traded inside the country.

Growing these unique strains as well as other varieties has become so popular that Swazi farmers actually dedicate more land, despite their small size, to cannabis growing than the entire nation of India does to its cannabis industry. Fortunately the drop in global prices for other legal Swazi crops in addition to the presence of cannabis in the country may lead to legal reforms which allows the plant to be grown and traded legally.

If this legal change does occur some are predicting that wealthy South African investors may flock to the country and inject revenue to create larger cannabis-based businesses, and thus reduce the local poverty rate. While being great news for the residents of Swaziland this should be a reason the rest of us should us to argue cannabis legalization: the drastic socio-economic improvement in the lives of the impoverished cannabis farmers.

While we don’t have seeds for Swazi’s famous gold nugs we at high-supplies have some other great strains available for sale at Green House Seeds. From sativa’s to indica’s to hybrids, as well as a variety of award-winning and foreign breeds we’ve got (nearly) everything you might want to order and grow.