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Fields of Green for ALL • Collectively Reforming South African Cannabis Laws

5. a Full-spectrum model For

Cannabis regulation

What follows is a practical, cost-effective, enforceable, constitutionally sound,
human rights-based model for Cannabis policy reform in south africa.

The South African Cannabis market, post of these sectors is likely to fall under existing and
legalisation, will have many facets and dynamics impending medical and agricultural initiatives.
across a wide spectrum of products, the dynamics
of which will be dictated by supply and demand. In order to give some structure to our evidence for
From quality control to promoting responsible use The Trial of the Plant, Fields of Green for ALL has
and legal supply, each of these aspects will need always referred to the Four Platforms of the use of
to be proactively considered to ensure that strong Cannabis in South Africa : 1
foundations of the formal Cannabis economy are • Responsible Adult Use
built in alignment with the Six Ethical Principles in • Traditional, Cultural and Religious Uses
Section 4. • Industrial Uses

According to the ethics of Policy Coherence (see • Health Uses
Section 4), regulation of registered Cannabis
medicines accompanied by specific claims of However, progress towards legal regulation and the
efficacy, and the industrial use of the Cannabis nature of our proposed market model have led us
plant are contemplated by this model, but are not to identify four “pillars” that need to support our Full
a primary focus of this document. The regulation Spectrum Model:

THE 4 PILLARS

ADULT-USE INDUSTRIAL
CONSTITUTIONAL COMMERCIAL CANNABIS AGRO- MEDICAL
RIGHTS
REGULATION INDUSTRY

Already established as a solid Crucial if the legal Already in the Already in the
foundation by the Constitutional regulation of Cannabis making. It is making. There
Court judgment of September is to boost our economy. important to note are thousands of
2018. This pillar incorporates all The cornerstone of this here that the current applications for the
responsible use by adults. It is pillar is our Cannabis proposals for THC use of Cannabis for
our wish that fair regulations for Hubs, overseen by the threshold levels for one’s health. The
ALL South Africans will negate Cannabis OmBUDsman Industrial Cannabis Medical Pillar ONLY
the strict need for “privacy” of South Africa. It is very are flawed and deals with registered
and “private spaces”. This pillar urgent, in the light of will hamper the pharmaceutical
incorporates all traditional, the 2020 Covid-19 crisis, development of this products and not
cultural, religious and health that South Africans industry in South with the responsible
uses of the plant, outside of are allowed to trade Africa. use of Cannabis by
pharmaceutical products and in Cannabis and that adults in order to
adult-use commercial activity. trade regulations are benefit their health.
The cornerstone of this pillar is FAIR and accessible to
our Dagga Private Clubs. ALL.

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