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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.
The Dagga Party was established to allow voters who support the legalisation of dagga to have representation in elections. [ 2 ] The party failed to register with the Independent Electoral Commission in order to contest the 2014 [ 3 ] and the 2019 South African general election because it could not raise the required R200,000 registration fee.
The regional term dagga is commonly used for cannabis and is derived from the Khoikhoi word dacha, which was used by the early European colonial settlers in the Western Cape. [8] After their arrest Stobbs and Clarke became known as "The Dagga Couple" in local media .
Their share of the vote ranged from 0.6% to 1.8%, falling significantly from its previous levels, presumably because reclassification of cannabis had made the case for legalisation less pressing. The de-registered, Legalise Cannabis Alliance, adopted a new identity as CLEAR - Cannabis Law Reform, in 2011. Upon this identity change there was ...
Multiple states have new laws taking effect on Jan. 1, ... At least 20 Republican-controlled legislatures passed bans or restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors in 2023.
This new law, the entirety of which went into effect Dec. 1, was passed after the attack on the Moore County electric substations that remains unsolved a year later. The law increases the ...
This was the first legislature to be fully DFL-controlled since the 88th Minnesota Legislature in 2013–15. During the first session (2023), the body passed a number of major reforms to Minnesota law, including requiring paid leave, banning noncompete agreements, cannabis legalization, increased spending on infrastructure and environmental protection, modernizing the state's tax code ...
The Brief. New laws in Virginia take effect on January 1, 2025. Notable new laws include minimum wage increase, changes to the Virginia Human Rights Act, and retirement savings plans for all ...