South Africa is lining up to join the list of recreational cannabis companies by 2023. The country is now considering a bill to legalize the possession, cultivation, and use of cannabis for recreational use with this date in mind.
The reason, besides the medical market and thriving underground black market? The country’s economy is suffering from the effects of the Pandemic.
This one factor is likely to be the driver in stepping up the plans in many countries – and far beyond Africa, in finally engaging the cannabis reform discussion at the recreational end of the discussion.
In South Africa’s case, this is also likely to have an impact not only on the domestic economy as well as exports, particularly to Europe, but other countries in Africa.
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