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  • A marijuana plant. Picture: Pixabay.com

    [LISTEN] Getting high, legally? This is what the law says

    There are 3.2 million South Africans who regularly consume dagga, according to a 2008 study by the Medical Research Council.

    1361 days ago
  • Medical marijuana plants under lighting in a grow house. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Dagga makes sex feel better for women - 'The Journal of Sexual Medicine'

    Researchers found that 68% of women who used dagga before having sex reported finding it more enjoyable.

    1366 days ago
  • FILE: A marijuana plant. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Marijuana still a no go for athletes, SAIDS

    Despite Marijuana been legalised for private use in small quantities, SAIDS has warned that athletes are still bound by the World Anti-Doping Code which prohibits marijuana.

    1371 days ago
  • FILE: Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court on 18 September 2018, before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    [OPINION] SA frees cannabis from colonial and apartheid past

    The recent Constitutional Court ruling may well undo decades of often racist cannabis law enforcement.

    1377 days ago
  • FILE: A roadblock in Beaufort West. Picture: Moeketsi Moticoe/EWN

    [LISTEN] Leaving your home with dagga: What happens at a road block?

    Cape Talk host Kieno Kammies interviews criminal law specialist William Booth about the wider impact of the dagga ruling.

    1382 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

    [OPINION] The private use of marijuana legalised. Why it’s a good thing

    The Constitutional Court judgment is to be applauded for doing away with the assumption that marijuana use by adults in private is always wrong.

    1382 days ago
  • Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court on 18 September 2018 before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Uncertainty remains on dagga ruling impact for employers, home-based businesses

    The historic ruling by the Constitutional Court this week declared it unlawful for police to arrest an adult for using or growing weed in a private space.

    1383 days ago
  • Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court on 18 September 2018 before the ruling on the private use of marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    [LISTEN] Why there’s big money in the legal marijuana industry

    It’s now legal in South Africa to grow and consume dagga for personal use.

    1383 days ago
  • Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court on 18 September 2018, before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    IFP calls on Health Dept to expedite licences to grow dagga

    On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court ruled that lawmakers must amend sections of the Drug Trafficking Act and the Medicines Control Act.

    1383 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    Pretoria NGO concerned dagga ruling will lead users to more serious drugs

    The Pretoria-based NGO assists people with various issues, including drug abuse and domestic violence.

    1384 days ago
  • By Mgobhozi & Curtis.

    [CARTOON] Joint Custody

    By Mgobhozi & Curtis.

    1384 days ago
  • FILE: Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court on 18 September 2018, before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    ‘Azishe’: South Africans welcome decriminalisation of dagga

    In a unanimous judgment, the highest court in the land has upheld the Western Cape High Court's ruling that marijuana can be used at home.

    1384 days ago
  • Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    PTA NGO gives dagga ruling cold shoulder

    The Sinoville Crisis Centre is concerned about the possibility of dagga becoming a gateway drug for other narcotics.

    1384 days ago
  • Canibus balm on sale at a dispensary in Pretoria. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    [LISTEN] Dagga ruled legal for private use. But what is private?

    The ConCourt ruling states that the possession, cultivation and use of dagga for private use is allowed in South Africa. But what exactly does private use entail?

    1384 days ago
  • Rastafarians and other protesters gather outside the South African Constitutional Court before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Dagga users celebrate following ConCourt ruling on private use

    There was a sense of relief and jubilation as Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo read out the judgment decriminalising the use of dagga and the cultivation of the plant for the personal use of adults.

    1384 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

    [WATCH] ConCourt greenlights the green

    The Constitutional Court has ruled that people may use the cannabis plant in the privacy of their own home.

    1384 days ago
  • Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court on 18 September 2018, before the ruling on the private use marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    Parliament given 2 years to redefine laws around private dagga use

    The landmark ruling handed down earlier on Tuesday decriminalises the use of dagga by adults in private spaces.

    1384 days ago
  • Estimated prevalence of dagga use around the world. On 18 September 2018 South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that it's legal to cultivate and consume dagga for personal use.

    Global dagga consumption

    The estimated prevalence of dagga use around the world. On 18 September 2018 South Africa's Constitutional Court ruled that it's legal to cultivate and consume dagga for personal use.

    1384 days ago
  • Rastafarians smoke cannabis outside the South African Constitutional Court on 18 September 2018 before the ruling on the private use of marijuana is delivered. Picture: Thomas Holder/EWN

    ConCourt upholds ruling that private use of dagga is legal

    The Constitutional Court has upheld the Western Cape High Court ruling that the private use of dagga is legal.

    1384 days ago
  • A screengrab of Tesla boss Elon Musk smoking marijuana.

    Tesla's Musk smokes marijuana on comedy podcast

    The billionaire spent two and a half hours on a podcast discussing everything from artificial intelligence and its impact on humankind to flamethrowers and social media.

    1395 days ago
  • A marijuana plant. Picture: Pixabay.com

    US approves first marijuana plant-derived drug for epilepsy

    The drug’s approval permits its use in patients aged two years and older with Dravet Syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome.

    1467 days ago
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