Ghana’s Dr Torvor: ‘Legalization Should Come With a Public Awareness Campaign to Break the Social Stigmas’
Ghanaian traditional healer Dr Christiana Torvor has called for a public awareness campaign around the benefits of medical cannabis and industrial hemp. She made the call during the launch of her new book in Accra, saying that the benefits of cannabis could only be unlocked if the social stigma was broken.
Cian McClelland: Growing High Quality Medical Cannabis isn’t the Problem: The Real Issue is How it Gets to the Patient
SACHIDA deputy chair Cian McClelland says South Africa needs a clear, reliable, licensed and standardized route to market for medical cannabis. He says licensed cultivators are capable to growing high quality product for South African medical cannabis patients but there is no clearly-regulated pathway to make this happen.
Humans Have Been Using Mind-Altering Plant Material Since They Began Farming
Humans began regularly using psychoactive substances around the same time as they began to domesticate plants. This has emerged from dental analysis of human remains found in Indonesia, dating back around 13 000 years, which show wear-and-tear associated with the consistent chewing mind-altering betel nuts.
Mauritius Expected to Decriminalize Cannabis as National Drug Agency Submits Final Report to Prime Minister
Mauritius’ National Agency for Drug Control (NADC) has completed its final report into a proposed cannabis policy for the Indian Ocean island. The report has been presented to the PM’s office, and although details are still under confidential, it is anticipated that the cannabis will be decriminalized..
‘State Cannabis Summit’ Convened in Response to Prince Application: W Cape High Court Wants Feedback by 1 Oct
All key departments involved in cannabis reform are meeting in Pretoria on 15 and 16 September to develop a co-ordinated government approach to the problems facing the sector. They are doing so under a Western Cape High Court directive in response to the Gareth Prince urgent application to halt cannabis arrests.
Kobus Schoeman: The Cannabis Industry That Ate Its Own—and the System Still Standing
Grow One Africa helped shape SA’s private cannabis-club model, shared its work openly and consulted hundreds of clubs—only to watch collaboration give way to copying, commercialisation & public infighting. GOA is now fighting for survival, but the digital infrastructure created through that experiment remains.
SA Steadily Growing its Medical Cannabis Market Share as it Sorts Out Quality and Control Issues
Canadian companies still dominate global cannabis exports, but MJ Biz Daily reports that South Africa has the potential to emerge as a new challenger. Ray Mariya writes that local exporters are increasingly confident they can compete on quality and standards and not just price.
Jamaicans and Malawians Arrested In Southern Gauteng as SAPS Bust Two Illicit Hydroponic Cannabis Grow Ops
A co-ordinated investigation by SAPS in the De Deur area in southern Gauteng appears to have uncovered an illicit cannabis distribution network centred around two sophisticated hydroponic facilities. Two Jamaican men have been arrested along with five other foreigners in two separate raids in the Sedibeng policing district.
So, What Caused the Deadly Oklahoma Cannabis Extraction Facility Explosion?
The massive blast at Solos Extracts at Sand Springs claimed the lives of two workers and damaged 25 buildings, and was likely triggered by an ‘active, unsafe, and unauthorized manufacturing event’ involving volatile solvents like liquid propane and butane. The facility owner is facing murder charges because it was allegedly operating illegally.
Cannabis Extractions Danger Alert: ‘Oklahoma is What Happens When You Don’t Treat Solvents With Respect’
Solvents used in the cannabis extraction process are highly flammable and demand to be treated with respect. That’s what went wrong in Oklahoma says Choctaw CEO Justin Wood. He says the key to preventative safety in processing facilities is controlling ignition sources and preventing gases from reaching high concentrations.