Tag: south africa
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How Many Jobs Will South Africa’s Cannabis Industry Create?
South Africa is one of the most exciting places for legal cannabis policy and industry right now. The African nation first legalized cannabis for medical use in 2017. Another major milestone came in 2018 when South Africa’s top court declared prohibition policies against personal adult-use cannabis activity to be unconstitutional. Since 2018, South Africa’s government…
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How Many Countries Have Legalized Medical Cannabis?
According to a recent study conducted by researchers from Ukraine and France, and published by the U.S. National Institute of Health, 57 countries have adopted medical cannabis legalization measures. Israel was the first country to adopt a national medical cannabis legalization measure (1999), and Ukraine was the most recent (2024) as of the posting of…
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What Is The Value Of The South Africa Cannabis Market?
South Africa’s Constitutional Court issued a landmark ruling in 2018 that deemed cannabis prohibition as it pertained to adult individuals to be unconstitutional. Part of the Court’s decision tasked lawmakers in South Africa with passing a cannabis policy modernization measure. The 2018 decision in South Africa left many questions unanswered, including how much cannabis a…