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‘Dagga keeps me alive’ - Independent on Saturday | News

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 05/03/2014 - 16:25

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Durban - A Scottburgh pensioner whom doctors expected to die from cancer last year but now feels stronger thanks to a dagga-based oil, is scheduled to lead Saturday’s Global Cannabis Day in Durban.

Until last year, Harry du Plessis always considered the illegal herb “a no-no”.

“I never smoked, I never drank except for half a glass of champagne when I got married and a beer shandy once when I went fishing,” he told The Independent on Saturday.

Why would this 77-year-old indulge in the extracts of an illegal plant and campaign for it to be made legal to use in all its forms?

Two years ago, doctors diagnosed him with prostate cancer, then late last year tests revealed he also had a cancerous liver on top of high blood pressure and diabetes. The cancer was at stage four.

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