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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.
Cannabis in Ghana is illegal without license from the Minister of Health, [1] but the nation is, along with Nigeria, among the top illicit cannabis-producing countries of West Africa. [2] Cannabis in Ghana is known as weed [ 3 ] or devil's tobacco ( obonsam tawa ).
Locally referred to as bhang, banghi, [1] or bangi, [2] cannabis was banned in Kenya during the British colonial East Africa Protectorate under the Opium Ordinance, effective 1 January 1914. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] However, there have been recent campaigns that have called for its legalization.
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 ...
The specific period of cannabis's original introduction to Morocco is unclear. From the sixteenth century it was grown nationwide on a small scale for local use, in gardens and orchards, but it was only in the 18th century that the Northwest region in the far north became a noted center of production, as it is now recognized in modern times. [5]
Black farmers say cannabis legalization has created inroads for America to right the wrongs inflicted by the residual effect of slavery, Jim Crow-era laws, the mass incarceration of Black people ...
1922: South Africa banned cannabis nationally, under the Customs and Excises Duty Act. [19] [20] 1923: Canada banned cannabis. [21] 1923: Panama banned the cultivation and use of cannabis. [22] 1923: In Italy, the Mussolini-Oviglio Law 396/23 banned the use of both marijuana and hashish. [23] 1924: Sudan banned the cultivation and use of ...
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