CANNABIS RIGHTS ANALYSIS SA Human Rights Commission warns police against wrongful cannabis arrests 6 min 15 By Kristin Engel
GROUNDUP Judge sets aside dagga conviction owing to law declared unconstitutional 30 years ago 3 min 3 By Tania Broughton for GroundUp
HOLDING CELL SHENANIGANS Cape Town lawyer charged with trying to smuggle cannabis and Mandrax into court for clients 3 min 1 By Vincent Cruywagen
BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded For Bear: Cannabis prohibition was Calvinistic, classist and racist, so good riddance 3 min 11 By Ed Stoddard
STATE OF THE PROVINCE Eastern Cape premier announces plans to expunge criminal records of dagga farmers, plus R50m in debt relief 4 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
UP IN SMOKE OP-ED Interpreting smoke signals — while it may be legal to use cannabis, you could still be fired for testing positive at work 4 min 0 By Siphamandla Dube and Siphile Hlwatika
HIGH HOPES Now we’re toking: It’s an uphill battle, but South Africa’s cannabis reformation is coming, say producers 5 min 1 By Giuseppe Rajkumar Guerandi
GROWING CONCERN OP-ED Cannabis industry has huge economic value for South Africa, but government dragging its feet 6 min 0 By Nicholas Heinamann
SPECIAL REPORT: GOING TO POT Rise in drug use at schools sparks call for united effort to end the scourge 5 min 0 By Michelle Banda
OP-ED Rigid attitude of schools puts pupils on the path to prison – but it’s against the law 4 min 1 By Nurina Ally, Robyn Beere and Kelley Moult
DAGGA LAW UPDATE Ministers, law centre ask ConCourt to confirm ruling to decriminalise marijuana use by children 7 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
JUSTICE TRACKER Daily roll call of arrests, NPA prosecutions and convictions — 1 March 2022 4 min 0 By Daily Maverick Staff Reporter
STATE OF THE PROVINCES: EASTERN CAPE SA needs extensive legal reforms to make dagga a viable crop, say activists 4 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
MAVERICK CITIZEN Gangsters’ bail application dismissed after they enter high court ‘smelling like dagga’ 2 min 0 By Vincent Cruywagen
Eastern Cape SOPA: Premier has high hopes for major economic boost from cannabis 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
Maverick Citizen: Constitutional Court UK man in court to have SA’s prohibited drugs list declared unconstitutional 4 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
GROUNDUP ‘People feel betrayed’: Small-scale dagga growers fear exclusion from legal trade 6 min 0 By Christopher Clark for GroundUp
OP-ED Sweet Mary Jane: The plant that flummoxed and fascinated lawmakers 11 min 0 By Guy Oliver Guy Oliver
