Cannabis in the Republic of the Congo

Use of Cannabis in the Republic of the Congo

Cannabis in the Republic of the Congo is illegal. Cannabis is known locally as mbanga.^[1]

History

As early as 1959, the year prior to independence from France, cannabis was noted growing throughout Congo, particularly in Pool Prefecture.^[2] The market appeared to have increased in that period, leasing farmers to grow cannabis in cassava plots.^[3]

During the conflicts of the 1990s, militias controlled cannabis plantations around Brazzaville and Dolisie.^[4]

References

^ Omer Massoumou; Ambroise Queffélec (2007). Le français en République du Congo: sous l'ère pluripartiste (1991-2006). Archives contemporaines. pp. 289–. ISBN 978-2-914610-42-1.
^ United Nations. Commission on Narcotic Drugs (1959). Summary of Annual Reports of Governments Relating to Opium and Other Narcotic Drugs.
^ Ch. Didier Gondola (10 April 2016). Tropical Cowboys: Westerns, Violence, and Masculinity in Kinshasa. Indiana University Press. pp. 223–. ISBN 978-0-253-02080-2.
^ Guy Arnold (13 May 2013). The International Drugs Trade. Routledge. pp. 183–. ISBN 978-1-135-45515-6.

Drogue: les fruits amers de la mondialisation. ECLM. 1998. pp. 60–. ISBN 978-2-84377-032-6.
Robert Edmond Ziavoula (2006). Brazzaville, une ville à reconstruire: recompositions citadines. KARTHALA Editions. pp. 323–. ISBN 978-2-84586-825-0.
Guy Arnold (13 May 2013). The International Drugs Trade. Routledge. pp. 191–. ISBN 978-1-135-45515-6.