A very insightful piece by Sinenhlanhla Mncwango, a journalist at Food For Mzansi.
As cannabis gets legalised in SA, the focus now shifts to creating fair opportunities for all. Traditional farmers and Rastafarian communities need support to thrive in this new landscape. As South Africa’s cannabis industry celebrates the legalisation of cannabis use, Trenton Birch, the CEO and co-founder of Cheeba Africa Cannabis Academy, reckons it is only half the battle won. The next step is to make sure that traditional cannabis farmers and Rastafarian communities benefit from the new law.
According to Birch, the act is a monumental step forward, especially considering that Ramaphosa’s signature means the removal of cannabis from the Drug Trafficking Act, making the cultivation and use of cannabis no longer an act of criminality.
Full story here
