The Constitutional Court invited Advocates Paschke and Vorster to make submissions in the state's appeal to the Western Cape High Court judgement. This is because these two legal minds were part of drafting & presenting "The Shaw Report" - Balancing Harms in Cannabis Policy: Some Considerations for the South African Context. This was commissioned by
The State is appealing the WCHC judgement from 31 March 2017. Download the pdf of Advocate Bokaba's Heads of Argument here: StateAppeal Heads.compressed
On Tuesday 7 November the Western Cape High Court judgement handed down in March this year will be put to the test in the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. Interest is mounting as we have received notice that Doctors for Life have been admitted as Amicus Curiae despite the fact that none of the parties have
In a 44 page document, the State lay out their argument as at why the Judge Davis privacy ruling should be overturned. Like many, they believe nothing was resolved with regard to the perceived harms and benefits of the plant, and many other key arguments for and against cannabis prohibition were not addressed. Download the
History has been made in the Cape Town High Court with this 66 page judgement from Judge Denis Davis and the bench of three. The use and cultivation of cannabis in the privacy of your own home has now been deemed constitutional. You can download the full judgement here: CTHC dagga Judgement Mar17
The MCC's proposed medical cannabis growing guidelines were under the spotlight at a meeting between the government, the Rastafari and Traditional Healers in Pretoria. After a day of discussion, the proposals were rejected outright and a combined document of these rejections was compiled as a reply to the MCC. You can download the group's concerns
The MCC has promulgated 32 pages of guidelines for a prospective medical cannabis grower in South Africa. It's complicated - just like you'd expect of a medical license to operate. Oh, and if you are an 'illicit drug user' (presumably Dagga falls into that category), you need not apply, or anyone else with a
Of all the tertiary education establishments in South Africa, Potchefstroom University has always stood out from the rest for the sheer number of Dagga arrests and incidents. In the last two weeks we've had reports from the student body there of mass arrests by either police or private security companies and students 'taken in for
Some days I wake up wondering if the anti legalisation lobby are right. So incessant is the cry of ‘what about the children?’ coupled with reports of the Dagga ‘scourge’ amongst our youth, I’m beginning to believe all their spin: Dagga does mess with the developing minds of adolescents. Mental problems do increase in later
Leader of the Dagga Party of South Africa, Jeremy Acton with co plaintiff Ras. Gareth Prince and 18 others, present a case to have the prohibition of dagga declared unconstitutional in the Western Cape High Court. Judge Dennis Davis suggests the applicants approach expert witnesses to bolster their case and postponed the matter to give the applicants
