Month Archives: March 2023

An innovative technology to extract cannabidiol isolate from locally cultivated cannabis has been developed. This innovation, which is the first of its kind in the country, has been developed by Afriplex, a Paarl-based facility in collaboration with the Cannabis Research Institute. According to Afriplex, with cannabidiol isolate, consumers could relieve pain and inflammation, boost immune function and reduce anxiety just as they can with other cannabidiol products. In September 2018, the Constitutional Court ruled that personal use of dagga was not a criminal …

A recent study into cannabis-related content on TikTok has found the plant to be portrayed positively, with humour/entertainment videos comprising the majority of the content. Cannabis-related content on TikTok is mostly positive, according to research published earlier this year in the Drug and Alcohol Review journal. The study coded videos related to cannabis on the platform with more than 100 million views by seven themes, using relevant hashtags, and the study used a final sample of 881 videos. The researchers found humor/entertainment videos comprised …