 Applicants are required to state plans for the growing site along with quantity for production and selling as well as production period.The health minister has the prerogative not to approve a license if it causes risks in terms of public health and security.The Zimbabwe Mail reported that ministers of parliament lobbied for the reduction of the “$50,000 license fee imposed on growers if they want to produce cannabis commercially.” According to these legislators, the fees are exorbitant and will lock out poor farmers in farms like Binga District who have been growing marijuana illegally.