The Constitutional Court has approved the growing and use of cannabis for private use.
This creates an opportunity to tap into the growing cannabis tourism market for South Africa. The Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape and other economically deprived areas in SA, such as the Free State, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, are known for cannabis production.
Cannabis is the most used drug/herb in the world, and it is impossible to police it.
The global demand for cannabis makes it an effective economic means for a country such as South Africa, which finds itself in an economic growth trap.
Cannabis should be used to drive the economy of South Africa.
Cannabis tourism has a huge potential for South Africa.
* Unathi Sonwabile Henama, Lecturer: Department of Tourism Management, Tshwane University of Technology.
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