MPs pick through the details of cannabis bill

MPs have questioned the allowable quantity of cannabis that individuals can legally possess in terms of proposed legislation.

The possession and cultivation of cannabis for private purposes in a private place was legalised by the Constitutional Court in September 2018 on the grounds that its prohibition constituted an impermissible infringement of the right to privacy. A report released in 2019 by European-based market intelligence and strategic consultancy Prohibition Partners showed that Africa’s legal cannabis industry could generate more than $7.1bn a year by 2023 if more of the continent’s big markets open up and follow the trend of legalisation seen in the US, Canada and Europe.

This is likely to be one of the controversial issues that will be raised during public hearings on the bill, which also provides for the expunging of all criminal records of those convicted in the past for using or being in possession of cannabis.

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