Alon Skuy
“The patient then sees a doctor who listens to their ailments and prescribes cannabis with specific doses of CBD [cannabidiol] and THC [tetrahydrocannabinol].” CBD contains no psychoactive chemicals and is freely available, but the use of THC is tightly controlled.
He said those wanting to use cannabis medicinally had to meet the requirements of the Medicines & Related Substances Act of 1965. Cannabis is a schedule 7 drug, which means it can only be used medicinally with a permit card from Sahpra, but the regulatory body says consideration is being given to changing this categorisation.a group that lobbies for “free and fair access to responsible use of cannabis for all”,“We don’t support it. The whole country can be liberated and poverty obliterated if we allow free and fair access to the legal, safe and responsible use of the cannabis plant for all.
“The old way of doing it was buying from dealers who sometimes would steal from you, and you don't know if they used growth hormone or any other chemicals on the plant.”