Royal Queen Seeds SA Partners eThekwini Municipality to Fund Three Year Cannabis Development Pilot Project

The eThekwini Municipality has announced a three year cannabis and hemp pilot project with the South African subsidiary of Royal Queen Seeds. RQS, which has a cannabis seed store on the Bluff in Durban, will fund the project aimed at unlocking the province’s cannabis value chain.

Kenyan Rastas Challenge Cannabis Prohibition as a Violation of Religious Freedom

Kenya’s High Court has been hearing the Rastafarian community’s arguments that the country’s prohibitionist cannabis laws are a violation of their religious freedom. The Rastas are not arguing for an end to prohibition but rather that their use of cannabis for spiritual purposes is decriminalized.