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Argument 2: They say.. dagga is categorically not a gateway drug… but

January 28, 2018

?We have heard this statement twice now on national television with no evidence to support it. CYPSA’s first-hand experience shows clearly that dagga is in fact a gateway drug that leads smokers into the use of other dangerous drugs…

Response C – Hammanskraal, Gauteng

January 27, 2018

We have matriculants who smoke dagga and do not even care to miss an important examination. They are rude to teachers and there is very little we can do about this.

Argument 3: They say… dagga has never killed anyone, anywhere, ever, but…

January 27, 2018

“Dagga has never killed anyone, anywhere, ever!” Perhaps it is true that nobody ever died whilst smoking a joint, but what of it?

Colorado’s Own State Panel Releases 188 Page Scientific Report on the Dangers of Dagga

January 26, 2018

?In 2001, Colorado State USA started a gradual legalization of dagga which began with the medicinal use of dagga and ended with the legalization of the recreational use of cannabis in January 2014. The negative effects of the state’s decision to legalize this drug have been shocking to say the least!

SAM Report: Colorado and Washington State Since Legalization

January 26, 2018

?Harvard Medical School together with John Hopkins University and other universities in the SAMS report of October 2016, state “though it is still early, these “experiments” in [dagga] legalization are not succeeding.”

Uganda – Country Establishes Secretariat to Enforce Pornography Laws

January 26, 2018

Uganda has one of the strictest anti-pornography laws in Africa and has set up a nine-member pornography control committee to wage war on the spread of pornographic material in the country…

Teen Alcohol/Marijuana Users Get Poorer Grades, Are More Aggressive

January 26, 2018

Scientists followed marijuana and alcohol use among 6500 teenage students in the USA over a seven year longitudinal study for the RAND Corporation.

Argument 4: They say… prohibition doesn’t work, but…

January 26, 2018

?Pro-legalization lobbyists love the word ‘prohibition’ as it carries with it certain connotations. They seek to remind people of the failed alcohol prohibition in America in the 1920’s as if it were the only case of prohibition on record

Response D – Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape

January 25, 2018

Dagga distracts the learner from academics and shifts his or her focus to their next fix or sale. It trumps all other issues demanding their attention and time.

Argument 5: They say… it’s my right to use dagga, but…

January 25, 2018

?The fact that we have human rights does not mean that we have the right to do whatever we want. Lobbyists are fighting for their right to use dagga, almost equating it with their right to the freedom of speech and thought