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

The table below illustrates all the different modalities that should be planned for in a Cannabis regulatory
model, in order to include all citizens and communities, to cover demand, and to leave no-one behind. The
graphic below details the proposed structure of regulations based on the four pillars.

CANNABIS SUPPLY CHAIN REGULATORY MODEL

THE 4 TYPES OF
ACTIvITIES
PILLARS home Use CULTIvATION PROCESSING RETAIL USE
at home and in a private space.
ConsTi- TUTional righTs Pillar PrivaTe at the club’s cultivation facilities. Products sold at the at home or the
dagga
club's facilities.
at home and any private space.
club’s facilities.
ClUbs
Kasinomics Integrated Cooperative in Legacy Hub (see 5.2.1 Hubs)
TradiTional
adUlT Use Pillar groWers Cannabis production performed by legacy retail outlets or via at home or private
Products sold in
Processing can be
small-scale rural based
/kasinomiC
farmers in existing
either authorized
Hubs or standard 3rd
space.
areas.
party processors.
traditional healers.
standard cultivation
in-house processing
allowing both small
CommerCial
space.
scale and large
outlets.
on business model.
operations. or 3rd party depending Authorized retail at home or private
at home, in a private
mediCal Pillar Cannabis Specific regulatory model led by SAHPRA Hospitals and space or dedicated use
mediCal
pharmacies.
area depending on the
and the medical Research Council.
healthcare setting.
indUsTrial Pillar hemP General regulatory model for agricultural crops any relevant anywhere and not
restricted to
retailer.
using existing frameworks.
privacy laws.
Cannabis laws and regulations, using the hub model, should lower the barriers to entry by not imposing
excessive red tape on subsistence and/or traditional growers. ultimately Cannabis commercial laws
should fall within existing legislation to prevent reinventing the wheel in certain instances i.e.
Cannabis consumers should be protected by the Consumer Protection act when making purchases.
The below diagram illustrates the flow of Cannabis from seed to sale emphasizing the need for Hubs in
the system, as well as key elements in the process.
GROWERS HUB DISTRIBUTION RETAIL
CommerCial QUaliTy ConTrol hemP ProdUCTs regisTraTion
indUsTrial byProdUCTs disTribUTors adverTising
in-hoUse Tax Food ProdUCTs PaCkaging

TradiTional anonymoUs aUCTion in-hoUse no Under 18
sUbsisTenCe WarehoUsing TradiTional TradiTional
ProdUCTs ProdUCTs
Co-oPeraTive annUal
CerTiFiCaTion adUlT-Use ProdUCTs labelling

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