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Cape Town - A Rastafarian lawyer is challenging the legislation that outlaws dagga.
In an application lodged at the Western Cape High Court last month, Garreth Prince asks for certain sections of the Drugs and Drugs Trafficking Act, the Medicines and Related Substances Act and the Criminal Procedure Act to be declared invalid.
He is also asking for (among other things):
* A moratorium on all arrests for the use, possession, cultivation or transportation of small amounts of dagga - for personal use - should Parliament be ordered to “correct” the impugned provisions.
* If such a moratorium is not granted, for adult Rastafarians and “other cannabis users” to be exempt from prosecution during the period of suspension.
* That the...
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