The Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill set to be considered by MPs
Marijuana buds are being grown indoors in this image, which shows the warm lights needed to cultivate cannabis. Picture: 123RF/ ERIC LIMON
Justice minister Ronald Lamola on Thursday said the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill would now be sent to parliament. A report released in 2019 by Europe-based market intelligence and strategic consultancy Prohibition Partners showed that Africa’s legal cannabis industry could generate more than $7.1bn a year by 2023 if more of the continent’s big markets open up and follow the trend of legalisation seen in the US, Canada and Europe. In SA, the domestic market is expected to be worth almost R30bn by 2023.
The landmark Constitutional Court judgment by deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo unanimously declared that sections of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act and the Medicines and Related Substances Control Act were inconsistent with the constitution.
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