Legalise dagga; don’t just criticise it
Cape Town - Thousands of protesters marched through the city on Saturday calling for the legalisation of dagga.
A protester lights what looks like a giant spliff after a pro-cannabis march in Cape Town. Photo: TRACEY ADAMS.
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The crowd of about 5 000 was led by Johannes Berkhout, a champion of the benefits of smoking marijuana, and Jeremy Acton, president of the Dagga Party.
The protesters sang, chanted and waved Rastafarian flags as they called for the right to light up a joint.
They gathered at the corner of Keizersgracht and Tenant Street, marched down Darling Street into Long Street and back down through the Company’s Garden to their original meeting point.
There a marcher lit what looked like a giant joint but which lacked dagga’s distinctive aroma.
Acton said marijuana had medicinal benefits which could benefit many.
“If this resource was legalised we would...
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