Cyril’s cannabis speech is ‘hot air’, says dagga champion Myrtle Clarke

The MD of Fields of Green for All pulls no punches on the president’s talk of cannabis in his state of the nation address

27 February 2022 - 00:00

When Myrtle Clarke and Julian Stobbs were arrested at their home in Lanseria for possession of, and dealing in, cannabis in 2010 they were faced with three options: bribe someone, accept their punishment without objection, or fight back. ..

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