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World Service,08 Jun 2018,53 mins

Cannabis to be Legalised in Canada

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Canada is to become the first big industrialised country to legalise cannabis for recreational use nationwide. Jodie Emery of Cannabis Culture explains why she thinks the decision is long overdue and Marilyn Gladu, shadow health minister for the opposition Conservative party, sets out the problems she thinks Canada is likely to now face going forward. Ivana Davidovic travels to Zimbabwe to report on the troubled diamond industry there and will scientists finally be able to solve the mystery of the Loch Nech monster? Roger Hearing is joined by David Kuo of Motley Fool in Singapore and Alexis Goldstein from Washington for comment throughout the programme.

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