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SMMEs are key to the growth of South Africa’s cannabis industry

Almost a year after the president swore to advance the sector, the government is yet to finalise its master plan, giving big business the edge

Rich pickings: Workers at Medigrow, a Lesotho-Canadian company that has invested €17.4-million in growing legal cannabis, pick leaves from cannabis plants that will now undergo a highly complex extraction process. Photo: GuillemSartorio/AFP

The many moods of sweet Mary Jane

The cannabis underground tutors the corporate class in the vagaries of their shared mistress

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…

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

Dagga: Push for legality and legitimacy

On September 18 2018, the Constitutional Court decriminalized the private use and cultivation of cannabis in private spaces.

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Editorial: Can cannabis save SA’s economy?

‘Fully legalising cannabis will create a new, lucrative industry —one with potential to create jobs’

High time: The global medical cannabis industry is expected to generate $82.9-billion by 2027 and the International Monetary Fund has said cannabis is the 59th-largest economy in the world.

[LISTEN] Marijuana in SA: Is it really legal?

There’s a lot of confusion about marijuana in South Africa. Mia Malan sat down with Joan van Dyk to separate fact from fiction.

Editorial: It’s dangerous to other foreigners (Photo Archive)

Letters to the editor: October 6 to 12 2017

Readers write in about the auditor witch-hunt, and drug policy

Verve Dynamics is the first African company to be given the go-ahead to grow cannabis and process it into medicinal products in markets such as Europe and parts of North America – but not yet South Africa.

Legal dagga process draaaags on

Growing marijuana for medical use is due to be greenlit, but the informal market is already booming

Allow the farmers to grow cannabis legally, without any need for licences or permits and empower them to start co-operatives.

Dagga has been legalised. Now, what’s next for medical marijuana?

The Constitutional Court has legalised the personal use of pot. Take a look at the future medical marijuana in this piece from our archives.

Just what the doctor ordered: The one-ounce bags available at the Berkeley Patients Group in California.

South Africa at dagga crossroads

A Western Cape court ruled in March that a ban on dagga use by adults at home was unconstitutional, effectively decriminalising it in the province.

It’s high time we make cannabis available for medical research

Medical regulatory bodies must be guided by solid evidence rather than pressure from recreational users pushing for the legalisation of the drug.

Dealing marijuana not so dope in the US

US drug laws force marijuana dispensaries to run on a cash basis, flooding tax offices with bags of notes, and raising safety concerns.

[From our archives] Is SA ready to turn over a new leaf?

Cannabis may well have beneficial properties, but experts warn that smoking it is still bad for your health.

LA’s first marijuana friendly hotel opens for business

Light ’em up! The historic hotel Normandie in Los Angeles’s Koreatown held a grand reopening on Tuesday for a special clientele — marijuana smokers

Marijuana law up in smoke as agents raid dispensaries

The young woman in the bikini top was having a good time in the afternoon sun. She chanted her mantra: ”The doctor is here! The doctor is here!”