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Brazil: Scientists discover cannabis in a local plant

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - Molecular biologist Rodrigo Moura Neto of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro said that cannabidiol was discovered by a group of scientists in the flowers and fruits of a plant known as Trema micrantha blume, a shrub that grows throughout most of the South American nation and is frequently classified as weed.