What’s cooking on the cannabis calendar
By Derek Davey on 15 February 2021
Imagine a plant that has so many uses and is so easy to grow that it could yank the average South African out of poverty and set the country on course to fulfilling a number of the United Nations’ sustainable development goals.
Now imagine that what’s holding back this rosy scenario is 1) an outdated prejudice about people getting high; 2) inadequate legislation that leads to 3) illegal sales, confusion about the law and ongoing arrests of often innocent people.
Okay, now suspend your imagination, because all of the above happens in South Africa, despite views and laws related to cannabis have changed in the past few years. For example, in December 2020 the UN removed cannabis from the schedule 7 category of the most dangerous drugs. It followed a World Health Organisation recommendation that “cannabis and cannabis resin should be scheduled at a level of control that will prevent harm caused by can
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