How do people normally access/ aquire Cannabis?
If is difficult to quantify the size of the unregulated market for Cannabis in SA, but all the transactions are there. It has been there for hundreds of years. The network of growers, buyers and sellers is really complex and has survived 100 years of prohibition.
Since the 2018 ConCourt judgement, a lot more South Africans are now growing their own supply. This was a really important first step in reducing the unregulated market. Less people are leaving the house to go and ‘score’ from their ‘man’.
There is a perception that somehow dagga ‘dealers’ are ruthless gangsters who make tons of money. The reality is, kasinomics accounts for most of the dagga transactions. We believe most ‘dealers’ still live with their mothers and are just making ends meet and maybe a bit extra to take the edge off life. Cannabis use permeates absolutely every strata of South Africa’s population. They all get their weed from someone within their circle who knows someone who knows someone.
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