South Africa: The Cannabis Chronicles - What the State Really Thinks

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On December 7, a constitutional challenge to the cannabis prohibition - brought courtesy of Jeremy David Acton, leader of the Dagga Party, and experienced litigant Ras Gareth Prince - will arrive before the Western Cape High Court. The defendants in the matter include the national director of public prosecutions, the minister of health, and the minister of police. KEVIN BLOOM speaks to the chief plaintiff in the case and gets a look at the state's heads of argument; what he learns is that nobody is playing around.

I. The defendants

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