Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo declared cannabis prohibition for use by adults in private as "unconstitutional and therefore invalid."
However, many South African government departments, including the ministries of health and justice oppose the law, claiming "objective proof of the harmful effects of cannabis," locally known as "Dagga."
"It will not be a criminal offence for an adult person to use or be in possession of cannabis in private for his or her personal consumption." - Raymond Zondo, Deputy Chief JusticeAlthough South African marijuana activists such as Jeremy Acton, the head of the Dagga party, believe that the ruling should have extended into the public carrying of cannabis, activists were heard chanting "weed are free now" as the South African Constitutional Court gave its ruling.
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