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Marijuana

Thailand gives away a million dagga trees to promote it as 'household crop'

By Kabous le Roux

The catch is that growers who receive free plants must produce medical-grade dagga for medicinal purposes.

  • FILE: The video showed a number of pupils in uniform smoking marijuana on the school premises. Picture: cendeced/123rf.com

    36 Leondale High pupils suspended after 'dagga day' viral video

    Tshidi Madia speaks to Steve Mabona, the Gauteng education department spokesperson 

    31 days ago
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    Bride’s pot-laced wedding food takes toasting to new highs

    A Florida bride and her caterer have been arrested after a prank in which they allegedly laced the food served at her February wedding with pot.

    31 days ago
  • King Khoisan South Africa (second left) smokes outside the Pretoria Magistrates Court after his release following his arrest for planting marijuana on his campsite at the Union Buildings in Pretoria on 13 January 2022. Picture: Phill Magakoe/AFP

    GALLERY: Don't be a drag! King Khoisan let off the hook with a warning

    King Khoisan has been camping with his family outside the seat of government for over three years, fighting for the official recognition of their languages and to negotiate land ownership. He was arrested earlier this week and the marijuana plants he'd been growing were confiscated.

    129 days ago
  • Cannabis

    ‘You have declared war’: Police uproot pot growing outside Ramaphosa’s office

    Police on Wednesday uprooted cannabis plants grown by activists who have camped outside President Cyril Ramaphosa's office for more than three years, AFP reporters saw.

    131 days ago
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    Cannabis first domesticated 12,000 years ago: study

    A new study said the genomic history of cannabis domestication had been under-studied compared to other crop species, largely due to legal restrictions.

    310 days ago
  • FILE: To produce, distribute or sell cannabis, professionals will need to have a business license granted by a state commission currently being set up. Picture: 123rf

    New York looks to become America's next marijuana hub

    New York's governor last month signed a law allowing its possession and use for adults aged 21 and older, and expanding its distribution for medical purposes.

    393 days ago
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    Mexico prepares for legal marijuana gold rush

    Mexican lawmakers are close to approving legalisation that is expected to catapult the country's regulated cannabis trade past that of pioneers like Uruguay and Canada.

    431 days ago
  • FILE: A marijuana plant. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Mexico publishes rules on marijuana medical use

    The move comes as lawmakers consider whether to also legalise marijuana for recreational use to reduce violence linked to drug trafficking.

    495 days ago
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    US House approves bill to widen marijuana research

    The bill, passed in a bipartisan voice vote, allows authorized researchers access to parts of cannabis plants grown under state programs.

    529 days ago
  • Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered on 18 September 2018. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    ANALYSIS: What history teaches us about shaping SA’s new cannabis laws

    Policy makers need to protect and promote the interests of people whose indigenous knowledge and toil developed a thriving national cannabis economy - in the face of harsh police crackdowns.

    539 days ago
  • FILE: A marijuana plant. Picture: Pixabay.com

    4 SANDF members arrested for possession of marijuana worth R50k in Atlantis

    Police were in pursuit of abalone poachers when their attention was drawn to an SANDF vehicle.

    563 days ago
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    New Zealanders reject pot reform in reefer-endum

    The "no" vote gained 50.7% support, compared to 48.4% in favour of legalisation, the New Zealand Electoral Commission said.

    563 days ago
  • FILE: A marijuana plant. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Some experts label draft cannabis bill as restrictive, flawed & discriminatory

    Fields of Green for All's Suresh Patel said that the bill contradicted the 2018 Constitutional Court ruling regarding private use.

    565 days ago
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    Experts: Draft cannabis bill is flawed, restrictive, focuses on criminalisation

    The draft Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is currently open for public comment.

    566 days ago
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    New Zealanders back euthanasia, cannabis vote still hazy

    Preliminary figures showed 65.2% of voters supported euthanasia, with 33.8%, while 53.1% opposed legalising recreational marijuana, compared to 46.1% in favour.

    570 days ago
  • Medical marijuana plants under lighting in a grow house. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Rwanda to grow medical cannabis, strictly for export

    Guidelines for the production and export of medical cannabis were approved by the cabinet on Monday, and a government statement said Wednesday that it would not change strict local laws around marijuana consumption.

    586 days ago
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    AUNTONY MUKHWANAZI: Cannabis industry can help reignite SA economy

    The creation of a sustainable cannabis industry is one of the interventions that can help revive the South African economy, writes Auntony Mukhwanazi.

    656 days ago
  • The police's Kay Makhubele says a 21-year-old woman who allegedly sold the cakes, was arrested. Picture: Sthembiso Zulu/EWN.

    Pupils from Bramfisherville school who ate poisoned cakes getting treatment

    The pupils from Ikusasalethu Secondary School in Bramfisherville were sent to various hospitals, with some in a critical condition.

    828 days ago
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