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Most Hemp Farmers Struggling With ‘Knowledge Gap’ and Seed Supply
South Africa’s hemp industry is fragmented and in dire need of standardized cultivation practices. Over half the country’s hemp farmers say they’re held back by a lack of training and standardization, according to the University of Tshwane, and these issues need to be resolved if the industry is to grow.
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Australia Clamps Down on Medical Cannabis After 1 Doctor Exposed for Issuing Over 17 000 Prescriptions in Just 6 Months!
Australia’s health regulators have announced new official guidelines for medical cannabis prescriptions following widespread abuse of the system. It’s been revealed that some practitioners have issued over 10 000 prescriptions in just six months.
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California Cannabis Farms Hit in Anti-Immigration Raids, One Worker Dies
  • Dakota Smith, Christopher Goffard and Jeanette Marantos of the LA Times
A cannabis worker has died after falling off a greenhouse roof during an anti-immigration raid in California. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents accompanied by National Guard troops in military-style vehicles turned up at two locations operated by Glass House Farms near Los Angeles as part of the Trump administration’s drive to deport illegal migrant workers.
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SAPS Legitimacy Crumbles to an All Time Low with Only 22% of South Africans Saying They Trust the Police
Public trust in the South African Police Service (SAPS) is at an all-time low - and that isn’t even taking into account the recent ‘corruption war’ that’s broken out in the upper echelons of the service. A new study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found that only 22% of South Africans ‘strongly trust’ the police.
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Almost 250 Tons of Cannabis Seized in SA Prisons Last Year – Unlikely it’s all Being Consumed Inside
The sheer volume of cannabis seized in South Africa’s jails suggests that Correctional Services’ facilities are hotbeds of ‘dagga dealing’. The DA says this is evidence that DCS staff are colluding with certain inmates and external suppliers in dealing in cannabis on an industrial scale.
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Jailhouse Rock: This Year’s Correctional Services Cannabis Cup Winner is Thohoyandou Medium B!
This year’s prize for South Africa’s top dagga-dealing jail goes to Thohoyandou Medium B, Limpopo, where inmates, warders and suppliers put their differences aside in a display of outstanding team work to win the 2025 Correctional Services Cannabis Cup.
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Thohoyandou: Wardens, Inmates and Suppliers Collude at SA’s Biggest Dagga Dealing Prison
Correctional Services is dismantling a ‘dagga dealing network run out of Thohoyandou Facility in northern Limpopo, where a stunning 42,3 tons of cannabis was seized within the prison walls last year. The Department says it found cannabis packaged and waiting to be distributed in the prison management area and confiscated routers and cell phones allegedly used by inmates operating in collusion with staff and service providers.
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Science Says It’s True, so it Must Be: Cannabis IS Associated With Better Sex!
Cannabis use is associated with increased sexual desire and arousal, as well as lower levels of sexual distress. That’s according to a new Canadian study which says that half its respondents said they used cannabis specifically as a motivator for sex. But obviously, it’s more complicated!
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Namibia: Delays in Landmark Windhoek High Court Case on Cannabis Prohibition
Legal authorities in Namibia are grappling with how to deal with the High Court action challenging the country’s prohibitionist cannabis laws. The matter was to have been heard last week, but was delayed because the case was not yet ‘ripe for court’.
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Stellenbosch Academics Discover New Medical Secrets Hiding in the Leaves of Cannabis Sativa
Stellenbosch University analytic chemists have come up with the first evidence that a rare class of phenolics, known as flavoalkaloids are present in the leaves of Cannabis sativa. Phenolics are compounds known for their anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory properties and before this world-first discovery, science was not aware these rare compounds existed in cannabis.
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