Tanzania’s lush green farms that supply Kenya with bhang

A bhang plantation in a village in northern Tanzania near the Kenyan border. Here, the drug is planted openly with the knowledge of authorities. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

The farms spread as far as the eyes can see. From afar, you may mistake them for tobacco plantations. But as you get closer, the picture is more sobering.

Young men spring out from the bushes, each pleading with us to buy their ‘crop’.