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Cannabis in Eswatini (Swaziland) is a traditional crop called insangu in Swazi. [1] The plant is subject to drug control and remains illegal in almost all cases. The local traditional plant variety (Cannabis strain) is known as "Swazi gold"; it is often bioprospected [2] and commands a high price due to its reputation for potency, [1] making it a genetic resource at risk of biopiracy.
A dried cannabis flower. The short-term effects of cannabis are caused by many chemical compounds in the cannabis plant, including 113 [clarification needed] different cannabinoids, such as tetrahydrocannabinol, and 120 terpenes, [1] which allow its drug to have various psychological and physiological effects on the human body.
As a result of 63% poverty prevalence, 27% HIV prevalence, and poor health systems, maternal mortality rate is at a high of 389/100,000 live births, [1] and under 5 mortality rate is at 70.4/1000 live births [2] resulting in a life expectancy that remains amongst the lowest in the world. [3]
This dual nature of the Swazi economy, with high productivity in textile manufacturing and in the industrialized agricultural title deed lands on the one hand, and declining productivity subsistence agriculture on Swazi Nation Land on the other, may well explain the country's overall low growth, high inequality and unemployment. [citation needed]
Disused gold mines: c.1880-1920s: including Piggs Peak mine: Caves used by Swazi during wars: Great Usuthu (Lusuthu) Gorge: between Sidvokodvo and Siphofaneni: Sites of the oldest Royal Residences: Shiselweni District: Stone-built remains of Sotho-speaking clans: Endzeleni: Ngwemphisi Valley: rock formations "Oldest farm house" Balekane ...
The strain has been combined with the White Widow strain to produce White Russian cannabis, a plant with "a pleasantly sweet aroma" and a "long lasting effect". [17] The Chronic strain of cannabis is a cross of AK-47 with Northern Lights and Skunk #1. [16] The Cherry AK phenotype is occasionally produced by AK-47 plants. [14]
Research on the medicinal effects of gold began in 1935, [2] primarily to reduce inflammation and to slow disease progression in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The use of gold compounds has decreased since the 1980s because of numerous side effects and monitoring requirements, limited efficacy, and very slow onset of action.
The tailings of the Ngwenya iron ore mine (the mine itself closed in 1977) are planned to be reworked to extract 2 million metric tons of iron ore concentrate annually. Gold extractions from the northwestern region of the country have been planned, with the Piggs Peak mine getting revived. [2]