Submission for consideration in developing a supportive regulatory environment for the growth and trade in medicinal and recreational marijuana in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorPetersen, Leif
dc.contributor.authorGaylard, Matthew
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-13T09:21:53Z
dc.date.available2019-11-13T09:21:53Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-12
dc.description.abstractSince 2017, three separate events have influenced the legality of cannabis in South Africa. Firstly, a licensing framework was introduced for the domestic cultivation and manufacture of medicinal cannabis by the Department of Health (2017). In September 2018 the Constitutional Court ruled that it was no longer a criminal offence for adults to use, possess or grow marijuana, and gave parliament 24 months to bring the law in alignment with this ruling - most notably, the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act, but potentially impacting on a range of legislation and regulations. (At present, there is still policy uncertainty in relation to the court’s ruling with respect to what constitutes private use of marijuana). In 2019 an active ingredient of cannabis—Cannabidiol (CBD) was rescheduled (from a Schedule 7 to Schedule 4 drug) by the Minister of Health from the operation of the Schedules to the Medicines and Related Substances Act. Each of these actions represents initial steps for South Africa, alongside a growing number of countries towards decriminalising and legalising marijuana, both for recreational and medicinal purposes. The changing legal environment and increasing scientific evidence suggesting important societal, medicinal and economic benefits related to cannabis for these attributes represents potentially the single largest economic opportunity in a generation for South Africa.en_US
dc.identifier.citationDu Toit, A., Gaylard, M., Petersen, L. (2019). Submission for consideration in developing a supportive regulatory environment for the growth and trade in medicinal and recreational marijuana in South Africa. Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/5084
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPLAASen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Brief;53
dc.subjectCannabisen_US
dc.subjectMarijuanaen_US
dc.subjectCannabidiolen_US
dc.subjectDomestic Marketen_US
dc.subjectSMMEen_US
dc.subjectBBBEEen_US
dc.subjectRastafarianen_US
dc.titleSubmission for consideration in developing a supportive regulatory environment for the growth and trade in medicinal and recreational marijuana in South Africaen_US
dc.typeOtheren_US

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