Could South Africans soon be self-medicating legally with cannabis, or dagga as it is more commonly known? This could flow from the latest position statements of the Central Drug Authority (CDA). In the SAMJ (South African Medical Journal) in June, CDA executive committee member Dr Dan Stein says the authority favours "decriminalisation rather than the legalisation of cannabis" for personal use. And in the SAMJ in September, Stein says the CDA also accepts that globally, alcohol causes more harm than cannabis.
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