The USA Surgeon General Jerome Adams made a stunning series of announcements alongside some of the USA’s top public health officials regarding the dangers of dagga (cannabis or marijuana), particularly for pregnant women and youth. DFL was delighted and encouraged that he virtually point for point echoed our position, which we maintained in the Gauteng Supreme Court.
Doctors For Life is therefore increasingly disappointed in the South African Constitutional Court’s decision to allow cannabis use in a private setting without being properly informed about the science. We believe South Africa stands at the threshold of making too hasty decisions based on popular feeling often driven by selfish interests and advocacy, rather than medical science.