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Take it or leaf it: Laws prevent banks from financing the cannabis industry, however changes are on the cards. Photo: Getty Images

Banks can’t finance the cannabis industry

Once the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (tabled five years ago) is passed, marijuana can be removed from the Drugs Act

  • Umamah Bakharia
5 min read
Snoop Dogg blowing a joint, Snoop Dogg, Ancienne Belgique (AB), Brussels, Belgium, 23/11/1998. (Photo by Gie Knaeps/Getty Images)

It’s high time for a joint traffic calming operation

A judicious puff of weed by those who cause carnage on our highways and byways would make driving a pleasant experience, writes Christian Stephen

  • Eyaaz
11 min read
Creativity is Lionel Messi’s imperceptible feint to the left; it is Magnus Carlsen’s subtle pawn manoeuvring in tight endgames. It is laced in Notorious BIG’s lyrics and Mozart’s wordless symphonies. It is the invisible spirit that erects our buildings and sews our clothes. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Cannabis, capitalism and the perils of creativity

When the illicit is legalised and researched into mundanity, where’s the magic, asks Luke Feltham

  • Eyaaz
18 min read