History of Cannabis Prohibition
August 2023
Africa Policy Week 2023 – Part One – A Quick-ish Overview
Africa Policy Week 2023 kicked off on a fine Monday evening with introductory presentations and a sobering keynote address by former president Kgalema Motlathe. Shaun Shelly, a true giant in
July 2023
Captain, our Captain Green
With big shoes to fill and bigger dreams to fulfil, Julian Stobbs left an incredible mark on those who knew him. Indeed, he influenced even those of us
June 2023
Cannabis Phakisa Action Lab – What we ALL need to know right now
The past week has proven to be one of the most significant in our journey to re-legalise Dagga. We are cautiously optimistic that the outcomes reached and goals set
Youth – we rise with fiya in our hearts!
Today we take time to remember those before us . . . Our history as a recently democratic nation is rooted in Racism and Inequality. Policies from the apartheid
YOUTHENASIA – Is this the best we can do?
Dagga is Gagga - this was the main campaign when I was in school. I was raised in the relatively conservative white-Afrikaans parts of the
May 2023
10 Crisis Points (In Our Cannabis Legislation Journey) – 2023 Revision
A slightly more in-depth look at the 10 Crisis Points Since before the early days of Fields of Green for ALL gathering evidence for The Trial of the Plant
Fare thee well, Schindlers, old pal
Take a walk with us . . . Back to the very beginning . . . The year is 2013 and it is time to register South Africa’s first
April 2022
Inclusion Of South African Cannabis Smallholders Remains a Challenge
This 20 minute read and photos were submitted to us on request by the author, Tijmen Grooten who is doing his masters degree in International Development Sociology (using Cannabis
April 2021
Thank You for a Month of Proudly Green Memories
After a month of celebrating 420, the plant and it's people, our Full Spectrum Manifesto for Policy Reform: Cannabis in South Africa: The People’s Plant, is
Happy 420: The Meaning of Our Favourite Day
The 420 term often appears in counterculture as a code word for Cannabis. Several clocks in the pawn shop scene in the movie “Pulp Fiction,” for instance, are set
The Manifesto Free E-book Download | Cannabis in South Africa: The People’s Plant
Free E-book Download! Cannabis in South Africa: The People’s Plant. A Full Spectrum Manifesto for Policy Reform. No need to mince our words here - we
October 2020
South African Police Service: Stealing the Food off the Table
What do we mean when we say the police are stealing the food off the table? We say steal because almost all Cannabis arrests are unconstitutional
September 2020
Making History By Understanding History
This revised blog was originally published on 19 Nov 2015 There are some subjects we need to cover in
September 2018
The Constitutional Right To Privacy
In a unanimous decision, The Constitutional Court Of South Africa declared the prohibition of cannabis possession, cultivation and consumption in 'a private space' invalid. Cannabis/Dagga was decriminalised in
June 2018
JoinTheQueue Takes On The NPA
While South Africa waits with baited breath for an answer from our esteemed judges in green at the Constitutional Court, the police have not let up in their quest to lock
Study on Relative Harms of Cannabis v Alcohol Regulation
This multi criteria decision analysis study specifically concerned with cannabis and alcohol regulation models is an important body of work. Analysis of the relative harms of different market conditions from
November 2017
Doctors for Life accepted as Amicus Curiae in the Constitutional Court
Doctors for Life, our adversaries in The Trail of the Plant become amicus curiae in the state's appeal of the judgement handed down in the Western Cape High Court in March
Independent Amicus Curae Invited to the Constitutional Court
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
The State’s Heads of Argument for their Appeal in the Constitutional Court.
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
October 2017
ConCourt Hearings Attract Other Parties.
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
April 2017
The State Appeals WCHC Judgement
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
March 2017
Cape Town High Court Judgement
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
Indigenous Knowledge Systems Reject MCC Proposals
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
MCC Proposed Cannabis Guidelines
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
October 2016
More Research Needs To Be Done.
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
