Growers Slate Dagga Ban

MOTSOALEDI: HEALTH MINISTER CRIMINALISES ITS USE IN 'GOVERNMENT GAZETTE'

- Masoka Dube

Growers and activists have criticised the government's move to ban the use of cannabis and hemp in foodstuff and cosmetics products.

This after Minister of Health Dr Aaron Motsoaledi published an announcement in a recent Government Gazette criminalising the use of the substance.

"No-one may sell, manufacture or import, processed or unprocessed, foodstuff containing any part of the plant or component derived from the genus Cannabis sativa, or hemp seed oil or powder derived from the genus Cannabis sativa and various species or its subspecies," the document reads.

It further stated that any person found selling, importing, or manufacturing foodstuff containing the prohibited substances would be guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment.