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The unreasonable nature of drug laws
The use, cultivation, and possession of cannabis does not harm the rights of any other person.
29 July 2024
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The use, cultivation, and possession of cannabis does not harm the rights of any other person.
Smoking isn’t a real crime. It is bad for your health. But so is fast food, not exercising, and voting for the ANC.
David Ansara was featured in Today’s Trustee on the FMF’s opposition to National Health Insurance (NHI).
The illegal cigarette market in South Africa is bigger than the legal market, all due to government action.
The FMF was featured in Sake24 on its opposition to National Health Insurance (NHI).
Martin van Staden was featured on Pretoria FM on the FMF’s opposition to government interference with the rights of smokers.
Rather than being concerned with dictating the behaviour of consumers and small business owners in this way, one would think that the government would have focused its efforts on combatting real crime.
Martin van Staden, FMF Head of Policy, was featured in the Cape Argus and the Star on the FMF’s opposition to the Tobacco Bill.
Those who want the government to take responsibility for their healthcare should be free to do so, but under no circumstances must this mandate be interpreted as meaning government may dictate lifestyle choices to those who did not ask for their sovereignty over their own medical and healthcare affairs to be abrogated.
Other matters in the national political discourse, such as calls for expropriation without compensation, have overshadowed the debate on the Bill. This has predictably led to insubstantial public participation, which severely undermines the legitimacy of the proposed law.