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

Contents

Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 2.4 International Perspective . . . . . . . . 26
Glossary and Acronyms. . . . . . . . . . . . vi 2.4.1 International Law & Cannabis . . . . . . 27
2.4.1.1 International Drug Control
1. Cannabis 101 – The PlanT & iTs Uses . 1 Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2.4.1.2 International Human Rights Law:
1.1 What Does The Cannabis Plant Look Like? 3 Indigenous People, Rural
1.1.1 Seeds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Communities & Farmers’ Rights. . . 29
1.1.2 Seedlings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2.4.2 Policy Options, Current International
1.1.3 Clones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Trends & The Model(s) To Most
1.1.4 Vegetating Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Effectively Achieve Our Policy Aims
1.1.5 Flowering Plants. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 In South Africa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
1.1.6 Male & Female Plants . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.5 Remedy & Reparations For Historical
1.1.7 Hemp (Industrial Cannabis) vs Cannabis Injustices & Human Rights Violations . . 33
Plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.1.8 Harvesting Cannabis. . . . . . . . . . . 8 3. sTakeholders. . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
1.2 How Is Cannabis Flower Ingested? . . . 9 3.1 Fields Of Green For ALL Affiliates . . . . 38
1.2.1 Smoking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 3.2 Local Community Groups & Non-
1.2.2 Vapourising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Profit Supporters . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
1.3 What Are Cannabis Concentrates / 3.3 International Affiliate Companies
Extracts? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 & Organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
1.3.1 Butane Extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.4 South African Government Departments 40
1.3.2 Alcohol Extraction . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.3.3 Tinctures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.5 Trade Unions & Industry Representative
Organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
1.3.4 Hash / Kief. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1.3.5 Dabbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3.6 Other NGO / Non-Profit Sector . . . . . 42
1.4 The Cannabis Plant In South Africa . . . 14 3.7 Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
1.5 Cannabis & Employment Opportunities . 15 3.8 Legal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
1.5.1 Cannabis Cultivation, Processing 3.9 Universities & Higher Education . . . . . 44
& Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1.5.2 Cannabis Industry Support. . . . . . . . 16 4. leaving no-one behind . . . . . . . 45

4.1 Sustainability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
2. baCkgroUnd, hisTory & ConTexT . . 17
4.2 Policy Coherence: Aligning With
2.1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Relevant, Pre-existing Policies. . . . . . 48
2.2 The History Of Cannabis Laws In South 4.3 Women & Gender Equality In A
Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Legally Regulated Market . . . . . . . . 50
2.3 Current Status Of Cannabis In South Africa: 4.4 Recognition & Differentiation Of
Prohibition, Non-Regulated Trade & The Medical & Adult Uses . . . . . . . . . . 50
Constitution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 4.5 Protection & Support Of Legacy
2.3.1 Current Laws & The Constitutional Court Cannabis Communities, Traditional
Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Knowledge, Intellectual Property &
2.3.2 Current Unregulated Market . . . . . . . 23 Natural Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . 51
2.3.2.1 Cultivation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4.6 Empowerment Of Inclusive Cannabis
2.3.2.2 Trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Communities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
2.3.2.3 Uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

CANNABIS IN SOUTH AFRICA • THE PEOPLE’S PLANT • A Full-Spectrum Manifesto For Policy Reform