For the month of February, hardly a day went by without reports and outrage in the media. We wonder if the law enforcement authorities who oversee these operations are even aware of the truth about Cannabis, the bigger picture that tells anyone bothered to read up about it. The harms of prohibition far outweigh any perceived harms of the plant.
This is how the stories unfolded:
31 Jan: Original story that broke on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/daggacouple/posts/1020664804613783
02 Feb: First Dagga Couple blog post on the subject:
https://www.facebook.com/daggacouple/posts/1022323764447887
05 Feb: Backed up by BTL
http://www.belowthelion.co.za/herbicides-fly-over-transkei-dagga-crops-and-communities/ 0502
07 Feb: The Daily Dispatch picks up on the story:
https://www.facebook.com/daggacouple/photos/a.273175869362684.84336.272191759461095/1025709190776011/?type=1&theater
13 Feb: Nicky’s Thoughts, a local Port St Johns resident speaks up. Like a true conservationist, this blog post is well researched and referenced
http://nickey.netbubble.co.za/fifty-shades-of-green/
17 Feb: The Daily Dispatch does a follow up
https://www.facebook.com/daggacouple/photos/a.273175869362684.84336.272191759461095/1032199346793662/?type=1&theater
The Dagga Couple made no attempt to operate “under cover” while in Port St Johns. We were fortunate to have a local crew to translate and show us where to go. Understandably, not many locals were prepared to appear on camera. When the TV crews arrived after we had left PSJ, they were obviously given full access to the “other side” of the story.
19 Feb: An article from the police point of view which mentions that “unknown people” stuck “I Love Dagga” stickers on the helicopters!
http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/cops-nip-dagga-problem-in-the-bud-1.1821011#.VOswQPmUc5P
20 Feb: ENCA send a crew there for a helicopter jorl
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/police-getting-higher-effort-smoke-out-dagga-producers
20 Feb: Not to be outdone, so do the SABC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rm08mVIpBKg
20 Feb: South African bloggers are inspired to write
https://nkoloveswriting.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/cannabis-aka-dagga-is-it-really-that-bad/
21 Feb: ENCA crew speak to some local residents
http://www.enca.com/south-africa/cops-efforts-snuff-out-dagga-crops-leave-local-residents-high-and-dry?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
21 Feb: One of the better thought provoking articles we have read so far
https://www.thedodo.com/community/Pat_Dickens/polices-cannabis-obsession-to–1002307576.html
22 Feb: This article garnered a long list of comments
http://www.news24.com/MyNews24/High-time-SAPS-got-over-dagga-obsession-20150222
23 Feb: BTL keeping SA Cannabis Culture up to date again
http://www.belowthelion.co.za/police-helicopters-destroy-dagga-plantations-and-communities/
26 Feb: Radio – getting the message into the airwaves
https://soundcloud.com/daggacouple/safm-nancy-richards-enviroshow-feb15
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27 Feb: Fun interview with Voice of Wits has its sad moments when the spraying comes up
https://soundcloud.com/daggacouple/vowfm-the-killer-joint-with-gubzin-live-feb15 2702
27 Feb: Infuriating t-shirt appears in the Port St Johns Spar
http://www.dispatchlive.co.za/news/cops-spraying-dagga-on-wild-coast-a-deadly-risk/
https://www.facebook.com/daggacouple/photos/a.273175869362684.84336.272191759461095/1039823612697902/?type=1
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