
South African Court Rules Private, Adult-Use Cannabis is Legal
By A.J. Herrington
hightimes.com
In South Africa, “dagga” is now considered legal. South Africa’s highest court ruled that bans on the private use of cannabis by adults are illegal, effectively decriminalizing “dagga,” the name for marijuana in the African nation. The Constitutional Court issued its ruling in a suit brought by Rastafarian cannabis activists on Tuesday. In the court’s decision, Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo ruled that the private possession and use of ca