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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.
Country/Territory Recreational Medical Notes Afghanistan Illegal Illegal Main article: Cannabis in Afghanistan Production banned by King Zahir Shah in 1973. Albania Illegal Legal Main article: Cannabis in Albania Prohibited but plants highly available throughout the country and law often unenforced. On 21 July 2023 the Albanian Parliament voted 69–23 to legalize medical cannabis. Algeria ...
Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development v Prince [1] is a decision of the Constitutional Court of South Africa delivered on 18 September 2018, which found that it is unconstitutional for the state to criminalize the possession, use or cultivation of cannabis by adults for personal consumption in private.
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There are a large number and variety of statutes in South Africa—including Acts, ordinances, proclamations, by-laws, rules and regulations. [ 2 ] [ 7 ] As of 1993, statute law is to be found on all three levels of government ( national , provincial and local ), and as such affects every governmental sphere, and although generally referred to ...
1928: The United Kingdom first prohibited cannabis as a drug, adding it as an addendum to the Dangerous Drugs Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 46). [32] [33] 1928: Romania established laws for countering narcotics, including hashish and its preparations. [34] 1934: The Irish Free State prohibited cannabis and cannabis resin with the Dangerous Drugs ...
Cannabis rights or marijuana rights (sometimes more specifically cannabis consumer rights or stoner rights) are individual civil rights [1] that vary by jurisdiction. [2] The rights of people who consume cannabis include the right to be free from employment discrimination and housing discrimination .
Cannabis is widely produced in the country, being the nation's most significant cash-crop. [4] In the 2000s it was estimated that 70% of the cannabis in South Africa originated in Lesotho. [5] In 2017 Lesotho became the first African nation to grant a license for the cultivation of medical cannabis.