Dagga smoking is an entry point to serious other drugs, according to Police Minister Bheki Cele. "Everyone starts with dagga, then mandrax and then coke (cocaine), which means now everyone is on the same path to start drugs," Cele said. Cele was reacting to the Constitutional Court ruling while addressing students at the University of Zululand in Empangeni on Tuesday afternoon. The court ruled on Tuesday morning that the personal and private use of dagga was not a criminal offence. But if the judge had asked me, I would have said, no dagga smoking," said Cele to the loud cheers of students.

Source: News 24 September 19, 2018 10:40 UTC