South Africa’s highest court gives green light to private use of cannabis
By Reuters
20 September 2018 |
8:41 am
South Africa's highest court on Tuesday (September 18) allowed the private use of marijuana, upholding a lower court's ruling that found the criminalisation of cannabis was unconstitutional.
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