Category: choose your own adventure

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Researching medical cannabis in South Africa opens a whole new world.Big Pharma’s got a tight grip—pills, sprays, and tinctures, all lab-made and doctor-stamped, line the shelves of pharmacies like Clicks Direct Medicines.…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Eyeing the dispensaries in Durban, the shelves glow with jars of Umhlanga Haze, a strain with a tropical, mango-like scent. A car idles outside—unmarked, but the tinted windows and stiff posture of…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Day 1: Deep in the medical cannabis process in Cape Town, it’s a slog—forms in triplicate, doctor’s letters, the works. Day 14: Still waiting for the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). It’s a fat Durban Poison bud, sticky with trichomes, its sweet, aniseed scent flooding memories of a beach braai years ago—pure nostalgia in every whiff. Cash swaps hands—R300 for the bud, a…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Wandering into the Park, a spot famous for its cannabis crowd, the air hums with energy. The sun’s out, glinting off the lake, people are lounging on picnic blankets, and the faint…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Hitting the web late at night, a private cannabis chat group pops up on a forum in Free State, a province known for its vast farmlands. It’s run by the Free State…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Inside a dispensary, the staff lays out the goods on a wooden counter, the vibe warm and inviting. Buds in every shade of green—Fountain Flora, a local strain with a minty, fresh…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Hanging at the grow club, the air shifts—a whiff of trouble, literal and legal, cuts through the earthy scent of Soweto Sativa, a strain with a sharp, citrusy tang. Someone mutters, “Cops’ve…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). Grilling the dispensary staff about their stash, the counter’s lined with jars of Venda Velvet, a strain with a smooth, berry-like aroma. “Where’s this from?” The staff, part of the South African…

This is part of a choose-your-own-adventure style game about the cannabis scene in South Africa. Click here to go to the start (#page1). At the club’s shared garden, weeding and watering with the team in a sunny, communal space. The garden grows a variety of strains grows, like Port Alfred Pine, Swazi, Wedding Cake, Durban…