If that were the case, then where are all these problematic Cannabis users, either teens or adult? There are millions and miIlions of Dagga users in SA. Why aren’t the clinics full of habitual Cannabis users? The ones that are in rehab are only there because they were given the choice after an arrest to be ‘rehabilitated’ or go to prison. An evil and extorting practice by our courts that often work in clusters with police and clinics to boost rehab business where victims even have to pay for their own urine tests etc. Cannabis has never been proven to be addictive.

It costs R3.5 billion annually to police Cannabis prohibition. If that money were directed into health services to deal with any problematic users, then the answer would be no. There is no burden to the health system for the country’s Cannabis use. It is a medicine, so the opposite is true. Like we said, dagga users are generally healthy living people.