Dagga's medicinal use to be debated

The Department of Social Development in partnership with the Central Drug Authority (CDA) will from tomorrow host a two-day roundtable discussion on the use of dagga (cannabis) in South Africa.

The roundtable discussions will debate the safety and dangers of cannabis use‚ as well as inform the South African Position Paper on Cannabis and address the question of medicinal use of cannabis.

“This will assist in developing recommendations on how better to address the problem of cannabis use‚ abuse and dependence in the country‚ as well as influence the development of policy on cannabis in South Africa‚” the department said in a statement.

“Specifically‚ the roundtable will discuss the pros and cons of the use of cannabis for medicinal purposes and research‚ implications of the bio-psychosocial aspects of cannabis‚ religious perspective on cannabis use‚ cultural or traditional perspective on cannabis use‚ cannabis use and economic implications‚ as well as the legal perspective on decriminalisation versus criminalisation of cannabis.”