South Africa: Medicinal dagga could be legal in 3 months
Durban - Dagga could become legal for medicinal purposes as early as three months’ time.
IFP MP Narend Singh told The Independent on Saturday that the change in legislation “could be finalised by the end of July, or August”, cautiously adding: “But you never know.”
Last year his fellow party MP, the late Mario Oriani-Ambrosini, made an urgent call for its legalisation for medicinal use. He had been using it for his lung cancer.
His appeal found an ear in the country’s top office.
“I was touched to see the man I’ve known and worked with for more than 20 years in this condition. I’ve asked the minister of health to look into this matter,” President Jacob Zuma said in Parliament.
Since then, Oriani-Ambrosini’s proposal had been gazetted, public comments had been called for and the matter had been placed before the portfolio committee on health, said Singh. “The committee...
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