The depth of SA’s Government ineptitude in drawing up appropriate cannabis legislation sinks lower all the time with no ground zero yet in sight. During the recent Cannabis Bill deliberations in Parliament, the extent to which the State has truly set back the industrial cannabis, or hemp sector, became glaringly apparent. MPs are now learning about the defects in another law, the Plant Improvement Act, which was quietly amended last year to include hemp provisions that ignore the genetic wealth of SA’s landraces, set THC limits that are based on northern hemisphere conditions, and at this stage, allow only imported varietals unsuitable for southern Africa’s climate. Eish!