Khat is classified as a cash crop in Kenya, but its detractors say it is a harmful product and some regions have moved to ban it.
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In trying to suppress the cannabis market in 1923, the government accidentally helped to form an impressive illegal cannabis economy.
If South Africa’s argument in court is that marijuana causes harm, it deserves to lose. The real question it should ask is whether criminal prohibition is the effective way forward.
We have an intuitive bias against “artificial” drugs in favour of “natural” drugs, but that distinction is not only false, it is dangerous.
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Senior researcher, University of Cape Town
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Social Anthropology, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol