Arrests are costly and pointless, but decriminalising dagga will free up resources to tackle serious crime.
The Central Drug Authority says US evidence proves this and wants to challenge a court ruling.
Marijuana users around the country celebrated after the “legalisation of dagga” on Friday, but that soon turned into confusion.
The economic spin-off of legalising marijuana and the production of hemp would be huge.
Through the ages, many cultures have used cannabis as a medicine, but in the past 60 years prohibition has hampered research.
Hazel Crampton does well to outline the colonial mythmaking around marijuana but her book, Dagga: A Short History, still comes across as incomplete.
The legalisation of marijuana in Colorado has proved a welcome boost for the state’s coffers.
Uruguay made history when it legalised the sale of marijuana but its progressive policy has led to distrust and police harrassment.
To debate on the basis of science-based evidence before making decisions is something we should aspire to in every field where it is possible.
The presidency invited South Africans on social media to recommend topics for Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address – and we obliged.
Possession of small amounts of dagga will no longer be reason for immediate arrest. Court summonses are still the order of the day though.
Dagga laws are loosening up in the United States, and campaigners believe this trend will continue.
Is cannabis a wonder plant for every ailment or downright dangerous? Here’s what the different sides argue.
With the US defying drug conventions it once policed so heavily, resistance is fertile.
The UN has launched a counteroffensive drug laws around the world, warning that cannabis legalisation poses a danger to public health.
Political parties are responding cautiously to a Bill that would legalise the medical use of cannabis in South Africa.
Three months, four seeds from Amsterdam, five centimetres of dirt and Bob’s your uncle.
Terminally-ill IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini has tabled a Medical Innovation Bill in an attempt to legalise use of cannabinoids for medical purposes.
Arrive Alive says it was unaware of AbaThembu King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo’s dagga-smoking habits when it made him an ambassador.
Sorry, Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga – lighting up a "suspicious cigarette" is not good PR – it marks you out as a daft tourist.
Uruguay’s Parliament has voted to be the world’s first country to license and regulate production, distribution and sale of dagga for adult consumers.
Self-confessed dagga-smoking AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo says he is not perturbed by being constantly associated with the illegal smoke.
Teens who are regular users of cannabis are at risk of permanent damage to their intelligence, according to research covering nearly four decades.
A teenage member of the Harry Potter film cast pleaded guilty on Thursday to illegally growing 10 dagga plants at his mother’s home in London.
Tshwane mayor Gwen Ramokgopa is ”shocked” and ”disappointed” with her daughter after she was arrested during a drug raid at school on Friday.
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/ 20 February 2009
Cannabis remains the most used drug in South Africa even though amphetamine-type stimulants such as Tik pose the greatest threat.
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/ 3 February 2009
A day after a photo emerged of Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps appearing to smoke pot, questions are raised on what makes a true role model.
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/ 21 November 2008
Almost a fifth of Amsterdam’s popular marijuana-selling coffee shops are to be closed because they are too close to schools.
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/ 31 October 2008
ANC president Jacob Zuma did smoke ”zol” with the late activist Billy Nair — but it was not dagga — just tobacco rolled in paper, the party says.
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/ 26 September 2008
Australia’s acting prime minister admitted on Friday she had smoked marijuana as a university student, but said it was no big deal.