According to a new report, there are over 20 million cannabis users in Nigeria, who collectively consume the most weed on the planet.

When we imagine cannabis destinations, states like California and Colorado, and countries like Canada, the Netherlands, and Uruguay quickly come to mind. With legal weed laws on the books and entire tourism sectors dedicated to the sweet leaf, you would think that one of those locales would be home to the world’s most prolific pot smokers, right? Wrong.

According to a new report from cannabis analytics firm New Frontier Data and first reported by BusinessDay, the African nation of Nigeria is the leader in global cannabis consumption. Nigeria currently has an estimated 20.8 million pot consumers lighting up annually, with more than $15 billion spent on weed every year.

Despite the high consumption rates, cannabis sales are illegal in Nigeria, though the western state of Ondo is considering a medical marijuana program. But with a prolific cultivation community growing the plant across the country, New Frontier estimates that just below 20% of the nation consumes cannabis every year, with more than 12% sparking up every month.

Outside of Nigeria, Canada’s consumption rate ranked second globally, with the U.S. coming in at a close third. But outside of those North American mainstays, Ethiopia and Morocco joined Nigeria as not only top cannabis consumers on the African continent, but across the world.

“Three of the world’s top 10 cannabis-consuming nations are in Africa, highlighting both the importance of cannabis reform and related business opportunities throughout the region,” Giadha Aguirre de Carcer, CEO and Founder of New Frontier Data, told BusinessDay.

Furthermore, a recent report from Prohibition Partners estimated that, if legalized, Africa’s cannabis market could reach $7.1 billion by 2023. But considering the statistics from New Frontier’s global consumption report, it appears that Nigeria could hit those estimates, and thensome, by itself. Factor in the rest of the continent, and Africa’s cannabis industry could soon become a global power. Now let’s get started on that legalization part.

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Cc mynd44, Lalasticlala

No wonder 90% of the youths are mad!

That's good. I'm so happy.. Nigeria to the world.


My 2Million Naira dey inside that $15Billion.

Lies.

More weed smokers in the states even before it became legal in many states.

This can't be true in any ramification. South America :Jamaica, Brazil, Colombia and Co smoke more weed than the whole world.

What about Jamaica? Stop lying like Buhari

abeg make them dey lie small small, the total net worth of Nigerian youths wey the smoke Igbo never reach 1 billion naira talkless of 15 billion dollars. wen most of the smokers are even jobless

make them legalize this thing jare

... and some poor soul will believe this news.

It's very possible, the largest weed farm record in the world is 5 thousand acres in ondo state, Nigerians poorly package their weed so it looses most of its high before it's gets to you so ud have to smoke more, have you ever been to a ghetto bunk and see how they smoke, where as weed in other top smoking country's have more powerful thc so they smoke less, two blunts can high you through out the day on these foreign kush

Davash222:
That's good. I'm so happy.. Nigeria to the world.


My 2Million Naira dey inside that $15Billion.

And that is supposed to be a good thing