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Commercialisation of the trade requires cohesive regulation. File photo

What you need to know about recreational cannabis in South Africa

While the laws controlling the substance are being finalised, it is crucial to be informed about your rights and responsibilities

Drug testing policies must comply with the law, as well as be fair and respectful of employees’ rights, protecting both them and the company. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Cannabis case puts the spotlight on company drug testing policies

Drug testing policies must comply with the law, as well as be fair and respectful of employees’ rights, protecting both them and the company

Barloworld, the company that sacked an employee, has a zero-tolerance policy on alcohol and drugs, but the labour appeal court decided there is “no rational link” between the maintenance of safety in its workplace and what amounts to a ban on personal cannabis use by all its employees in the privacy of their homes. (e-architect.com)

Barloworld office worker sacked for after-hours ‘joint’ at home wins two years’ backpay

Other employers should heed the appeal court’s ruling regarding a blanket zero tolerance policy

Take it or leaf it: Laws prevent banks from financing the cannabis industry, however changes are on the cards. Photo: Getty Images

Banks can’t finance the cannabis industry

Once the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (tabled five years ago) is passed, marijuana can be removed from the Drugs Act

Snoop Dogg blowing a joint, Snoop Dogg, Ancienne Belgique (AB), Brussels, Belgium, 23/11/1998. (Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images)

It’s high time for a joint traffic calming operation

A judicious puff of weed by those who cause carnage on our highways and byways would make driving a pleasant experience, writes Christian Stephen

A national cannabis master plan has been developed, with the department of trade and industry tasked with its implementation and administration

Editorial: The green boom in a legal vacuum

A national cannabis master plan has been developed, with the department of trade and industry tasked with its implementation and administration, but the momentum towards turning…

Jeremy Acton, leader of the Dagga Party. (David Harrison/Gallo)

Activist calls on president not to sign ‘malicious’ Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill

Jeremy Acton says the bill violates the 2018 constitutional court privacy judgment

Creativity is Lionel Messi’s imperceptible feint to the
left; it is Magnus Carlsen’s subtle pawn manoeuvring in
tight endgames. It is laced in Notorious BIG’s lyrics and
Mozart’s wordless symphonies. It is the invisible spirit
that erects our buildings and sews our clothes.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Cannabis, capitalism and the perils of creativity

When the illicit is legalised and researched into mundanity, where’s the magic, asks Luke Feltham

‘Gold rush’: The cannabis business is flourishing around the world, including in Colorado in the United States (above). Zimbabwe already has opened up the industry and South Africa is now following suit. Photo: Gallo Images

SA’s cannabis growers may bloom

The production of cannabis and hemp for medicinal and industrial purposes finally gets a boost from the government

There are tens of thousands of South Africans carrying a dagga possession criminal record since the 2018 decriminalisation

Apartheid’s religious fanaticism still burns cannabis users

There are tens of thousands of South Africans carrying a dagga possession criminal record since the 2018 decriminalisation

A national cannabis master plan has been developed, with the department of trade and industry tasked with its implementation and administration

Hemp permit process to litmus test cannabis sector inclusivity

The declaration of hemp as an agricultural crop now allows importation, exportation, cultivation, sale and research of hemp in South Africa

South Africa’s “legalisation” laws ration adult home-growers to four female flowering cannabis plants (Guy Oliver)

Homegrown vs Big Pharma: Who stands to benefit from the legal market for medical marijuana?

Cannabis is scheduled for its South African parole on September 18. Kelly McQue’s handy medical marijuana producers’ guide is an opening salvo against corporate medicine’s demand…

Commercialisation of the trade requires cohesive regulation. File photo

Cannabis Bill carries harsh penalties

The Bill, which was passed by cabinet last week, caps private, personal home possession of cannabis at 600g a person, or 1.2kg of dried cannabis per household

(John McCann/ M&G)

The Portfolio: 4.20 Delights Baker

In about 2015, I was working in another country and it was frustrating that you couldn’t access cannabis. When I returned, I felt it would be great to eat cannabis or use it in a…

(John McCann/M&G)

Hawks bust cannabis lab

The Canapax chain owner, who claims to be a traditional healer, has been arrested

Joint benefits: Decriminalising cannabis has economic boons and criminalising corporal punishment, social. (Reuters/Rafael Marchante)

A day for getting high on emotion

September 18: the day dagga was decriminalised and the day that the ConCourt reconfirmed beating a child is illegal

(John McCann/M&G)

Let’s change SA’s mind on psychedelics

The major hurdle is not so much an absence of science, or safety, as it is unthinking religious, moral or cultural panic

I was an ex-drug addict and ran an anti-drug company — it was not a great idea for me to be smoking weed. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Slice of life: ‘Cannabis calm saved me’

Today, I’m a weed activist. I’ve seen the injustice of really, really good people getting fucked by really bad laws

Jeremy Acton, leader of the Dagga Party. (David Harrison/Gallo)

Dagga Party waiting to exhale on whether it will be on ballot

The Dagga Party of South Africa’s high hopes to contest the 2019 elections could go up in smoke.

A national cannabis master plan has been developed, with the department of trade and industry tasked with its implementation and administration

Police can smoke out dagga farmers

​Agriculture minister Senzeni Zokwana has told Eastern Cape cannabis farmers not to expect protection from his department