Sabah can leverage on medical marijuana, hemp 'cash crops', to boost economy, suggests Leiking


KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah government has been urged to consider new cash crop industries like medical marijuana and industrial hemp to boost state economic development.

Moyog assemblyman Datuk Darell Leiking said these industries were new but were very much talked about, adding that neighbouring countries like Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia have ventured into growing these crops.

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