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Cannabis in South Africa is an indigenous plant with a rich historical, social, and cultural significance for various communities. South Africa’s cannabis policy evolution has been marked by significant shifts, particularly following decriminalisation by the Constitutional Court in 2018, and the passing of the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill in May 2024.
Another theory is that the early genetics came from the first oilseed hemp variety called Finola, which was developed from Russian stock in Finland during 1995. [7] These early hybrids with large amounts of C. ruderalis genes [ 8 ] were lacking some of the finer qualities of high grade cannabis strains available.
[1] [2] In 2013, the Auto Trader Group sold their South African business, Auto Trader South Africa, which then became a wholly South African-owned business. [3] [4] The autotrader.co.za website is South Africa’s largest automotive marketplace website for buyers and sellers of both new and used cars and other types of vehicles.
The plant is also known as hemp, although this term is often used to refer only to varieties of Cannabis cultivated for non-drug use. Cannabis has long been used for hemp fibre, hemp seeds and their oils, hemp leaves for use as vegetables and as juice. Industrial hemp products are made from cannabis plants selected to produce an abundance of fibre.
Hemp seeds are notable in providing 64% of the Daily Value (DV) of protein per 100-gram serving. [20] The three main proteins in hemp seeds are edestin (83% of total protein content), albumin (13%) and ß-conglycinin (up to 5%). [25] [23] Hemp seed proteins are highly digestible compared to soy proteins when untreated (unheated).
It also is a useful source of foodstuffs (hemp milk, hemp seed, hemp oil) and biofuels. Hemp has been used by many civilizations, from China to Europe (and later North America) during the last 12,000 years. [121] [122] In modern times novel applications and improvements have been explored with modest commercial success. [123] [124]
Cultivation of cannabis is the production of cannabis infructescences ("buds" or "leaves"). Cultivation techniques for other purposes (such as hemp production) differ.. In the United States, all cannabis products in a regulated market must be grown in the state where they are sold because federal law continues to ban interstate cannabis sales.
[3] [4] Hemp seeds are comparable with soybeans in terms of nutrition. [4] They are high in protein, low in carbohydrates, and rich in dietary fiber and unsaturated fatty acids. After the oil is extracted from the hemp seeds, the residual mass is a protein-rich material useful for food processing. [3] [4] The protein in hemp seeds is made up of ...