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[TOP STORY] Cannabis crackdown U-turn: Industry leader calls for regulation over repression

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‘We've got big players, we've got the pharma factor, we've got the tobacco industry, and we've got the alcohol industry, and I think they are influencing our government,’ says Vanessa Jarvis-Findlay, founder of NEKED Cannabis Café.

27 Mar 12PM English South Africa Business News · Politics

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