South Africa moves forward on cannabis reform, leading the continent (along with Lesotho) in creating a viable industry.
Category Archives: South Africa
The new year brings more opportunities to legalize, decriminalize, and reform the laws regarding cannabis.
HENNOPS, South Africa (AP) — Stacks of bright green cannabis plants, freshly harvested from nearby hothouses, are expertly sorted on a lab table by workers wearing hygienic gloves and caps who snip the leaves and buds and put them in bins for further processing. Druid’s Garden in Hennops, about 20 miles north of Johannesburg, is […]
South Africa’s history of State-sponsored segregation has taught cannabis activists there to avoid the pitfalls of botanical segregation and embrace the eons-old history of use by indigenous people. While countries around the globe struggle to re-regulate, commodify and capitalize on the plant’s resurgent legitimacy, South Africa could be poised to become a beacon of reefer […]