Discrimination against drug addicts that suffer with an addiction, only a few will receive treatment due to the complexity of health care systems. Most health care systems do not have insurance coverage for addiction recovery and many health care providers have little to no training in treating addiction. Some doctors do not feel comfortable treating an addiction due to their lack of knowledge and training of the topic. This is one of the reasons why drug dependence is difficult to recover from. Among injecting drug users, the incidence of HIV infection is higher than among other drug addicts, however punitive and discriminatory measures against
Cannabis (drug) in the United States and several U.S. states have legalized recreational or medical use. Private use of cannabis was legalized in September 2018 after a unanimous decision by the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg. South Africa is the world's third largest producer of cannabis and the plant has historically been used by traditional healers and Rastafari. Footnotes Citations Cannabis (drug) Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the "Cannabis" plant used for medical or recreational purposes. The main psychoactive part of cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), one of 483 known compounds in the plant, including at