History of Cannabis Prohibition
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
July 2016
Myth #15. Dagga Makes You Crazy.
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’
December 2015
Legalisation Hearings in WCHC
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
November 2015
Ireland To Decriminalise All drugs
Ireland moves towards decriminalising substances including heroin, cocaine and cannabis as part of a “radical cultural shift”. Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, the chief of Ireland’s National Drugs Strategy, said attitudes to drugs needed to
Medical Cannabis Plaintiff added to The DC’s Case
On Friday 20 November the Pretoria High Court granted permission for Clifford Thorp to join the DC case. After lengthy discussions with our legal team at Schindlers, we decided to
UNDOC Decriminalisation Report Leaked
A briefing paper by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) — which recommended that countries consider “decriminalizing drug use and possession for personal consumption” — is published on
Malawi Legalises Industrial Hemp
Malawi President Peter Mutharika approves plans to allow for the legal cultivation and export of industrial hemp. The new law establishes an industrial hemp trial program; if the trials are successful,
July 2015
‘How To Win The Drug Policy Debate’
UK based drug policy think tank Transform publishes a ‘How To Win The Global Drug Policy Debate’ guide. A publication to make the case for drug policy and law reform
