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Prianka Srinivasan  

Vanuatu set to enter global cannabis market after passing cultivation, export laws – but some remain sceptical

At least one cannabis and hemp business plans to start a commercial plantation on Vanuatu's Tanna island.  (ABC News: Melissa Maykin)

Vanuatu has become one of the first Pacific countries to allow businesses to grow medicinal cannabis and hemp, after signing into law policies governing the import, cultivation and manufacture of the plant. 

It paves the way for the country to enter the global cannabis market, with some hoping the plant can become a major cash-crop for local communities.

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