Dagga laws are loosening up in the United States, and campaigners believe this trend will continue.
Ivory Park’s Operation Thiba Nyaope provides support for addicts and their affected families.
With the US defying drug conventions it once policed so heavily, resistance is fertile.
Three drug addicts tell their stories of devastation, desperation and, finally, the long road to recovery.
Readers comment on marijuana prohibition, SABC’s Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Zapiro’s Strange Fruit cartoon.
Political parties are responding cautiously to a Bill that would legalise the medical use of cannabis in South Africa.
The prohibition of cannabis in SA now appears as regressive as the culture in which it was outlawed. So where did it come from, and where to now?
Three months, four seeds from Amsterdam, five centimetres of dirt and Bob’s your uncle.
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/ 27 February 2014
Cannabis may well have beneficial properties, but experts warn that smoking it is still bad for your health.
Terminally-ill IFP MP Mario Oriani-Ambrosini has tabled a Medical Innovation Bill in an attempt to legalise use of cannabinoids for medical purposes.
Federal and state laws in the United States are not in sync, but the future full-scale legalisation of marijuana might not be too far off.
From January 1, cannabis growers can legally trade marijuana in parts of the United States. The legalisation of pot is expected to boost US tourism.
Pro-weed activists have burst into applause as Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalise the growing, sale and use of marijuana.
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.
Mexico could legalise marijuana in the next five years, stripping brutal drug cartels of a major source of income, says former President Vicente Fox.
Self-confessed dagga-smoking AbaThembu king Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo says he is not perturbed by being constantly associated with the illegal smoke.
Authorities in the Maastricht are striking back after some cafes staged an open revolt by selling marijuana to foreigners in defiance of a ban.
Welcome to the Stonegate – puns welcome. It’s one of a few bars, cafes and private clubs catering to the stoner class in Washington and Colorado.
Colorado has become the first US state to approve a proposal to legalise marijuana, including for recreational use, along with Washington state.
Israeli researchers say they have developed marijuana that can be used to ease the symptoms of some ailments without getting patients high.
Among the US states with medical marijuana, Colorado stands out because it has chosen to develop a comprehensive system to regulate marijuana.
Surfers will now be tested for illegal substances before major competitions, a move that some believe could damage the sport’s subversive allure.
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/ 1 December 2010
A Spanish club that lets members light up marijuana joints has opened in Madrid, but its future is already cast in a haze by new anti-smoking laws.
Governator Schwarzenegger says no one cares if you smoke a joint.
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/ 3 November 2010
California voters rejected a ballot measure on Tuesday that would have made it the first US state to legalise marijuana for recreational use.
How many guys have you read about that go out and beat their wives after they smoke a joint?
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/ 1 February 2009
On Monday morning, President Barack Obama will sit down in the White House to receive his daily intelligence briefing from security officials.
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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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/ 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.
The young woman in the bikini top was having a good time in the afternoon sun. She chanted her mantra: ”The doctor is here! The doctor is here!”
Three men have been arrested in possession of dagga at the Jose Pearson tuberculosis (TB) hospital in Port Elizabeth.