The possession, cultivation and dagga use will now be allowed for private use according to The Western Cape High Court ruling on Friday, 31 March.

The ruling comes after the Dagga Party leader Jeremy Acton and Rastafarian Garreth Prince argued on December 13 and 14 2017 for the decriminalisation of the herb.

They sent through a successful application to have the prohibition of dagga declared unconstitutional.

It also ruled that Parliament has 24 months to change sections of the Drug Trafficking Act and the Medicines Control Act.

WC high Court has ruled in favour if cultivation and possession of #Dagga in the privacy of your own home #eNCA pic.twitter.com/NKYKOvmxi1

— Aarti Narsee (@ajnarsee) March 31, 2017

Acton, Prince, and 18 plaintiffs applied to the court for the Criminal Prohibition of Dagga Act (sections 4b and 5c), read with certain sections of Part III of Schedule 2 of the Drugs and Drug Trafficking Act.

These sections make it a crime to possess a drug, unless it is for a variety of medical reasons. The Drugs and Trafficking Act defines what constitutes a drug.

Ras Gareth Prince and Dagga Party's Jeremy Acton have arrived at the CT High Court for Judge Denis Davis' #dagga #cannabisjudgement #cTHC pic.twitter.com/SmZFJknCh7

— The Dagga Couple (@DaggaCouple) March 31, 2017

Jeremy Acton from @DaggaPartySA says this is just the first step. This will stop unnecessary arrests #eNCA #Dagga pic.twitter.com/9jBmzNW4Hp

— Aarti Narsee (@ajnarsee) March 31, 2017

The plaintiffs also challenged the Medicines and Related Substances Act.

In their submission, they stated that the laws prohibiting dagga use are unfair, discriminatory and outdated.

Here are some Twitter responses:

After the Western Cape High Court ruled that #Dagga can be used at home. Be will be coming out the house like pic.twitter.com/e29Cq8GzFP

— Ronald Phiri (@RonaldPhiri01) March 31, 2017

#dagga we are now allowed to smoke and grow a tree in our own homes🤗🤗🤗🤗 pic.twitter.com/TGl8nZ7R4c

— Cronwright (@pilatovee) March 31, 2017