The Cannabis Question

Organisers stress the FII is not a conference about Saudi Arabia but rather 'an international conference happening in Saudi Arabia'

The Future Investment Initiative launched in 2017 as an economic coming-out party for the world's largest crude exporter, which is trying to diversify away from oil under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman

Illustration of an open envelope, with arrows coming out from within. The arrows are pointing to various spreadsheets. Behind the spreadsheets are data visualizations, clouds and strings of numbers.

Growers hope that a change in the law will help them profit legally from medicinal cannabis, increasingly used to treat conditions including multiple sclerosis and epilepsy

Josephine & Billie's

Jay-Z

Allen Iverson

Justin Beiber

marketing

Lil' Kim

The Growing Tax Fraud Menace

Mushrooms growing on a farm

Wana

Dry landscape circles Al Massira Dam, Morocco's second largest

The marginalised region has long been a major source of illicit hashish smuggled to Europe while Moroccan authorities, wary of social unrest, have turned a blind eye

Abandoned car with a tree growing through it

Abandoned car with a tree growing through it

Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (L) attends with Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum a working session during the International Organisation of Francophonie summit in Tunisia

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