Social Clubs promote and practice Harm Reduction by actively reducing the legal, health, and social harms associated with cannabis use.
By providing private, safe spaces where only fully tracked and traced collectively owned cannabis and cannabis products from known, trusted Members is shared between Members, Social Clubs simultaneously reduce legal, health, and social harms.
Members are able to enjoy their Constitutional Right to privacy and to have and use cannabis in private at Social Clubs. Not only are Members shielded from ongoing social harms like stigma and discrimination over their cannabis use by having a private space where they can have and use cannabis, legal harms like the risk of using in public or buying from unknown, illicit sources are also reduced. Legal harms are further reduced by the support Members can receive from their Social Clubs in navigating any legal issues related to their interactions with cannabis.
Health harms are also reduced by fully tracking and tracing cannabis and cannabis products throughout cultivation, processing, and manufacturing, ensuring that any issues are easily identified, isolated, and remedied. Tracking and Tracing practices ensure clean growing, good processing and manufacturing standards and practices, and proper storage are followed by Members for Members.
Health harms are also reduced by Social Clubs not making any medical claims and not using nor claiming to use any medical pathways for Members to have and use cannabis
Social Clubs using KingsLeaf Social Club Systems benefit from accessible education on cannabis use, the legal and policy landscape, as well as other fun and interesting information about the plant.
REDUCING LEGAL HARMS
Since the Constitutional Court ruling of 2018, South African adults (18+) have been lawfully allowed to have and use cannabis in private spaces. However, not all people have the private space, skills, time, or means to grow or have and use cannabis in a private space.
This means that adults who wish to consume cannabis need safe, private spaces in which to practice their Constitutional Right.
Social Clubs seek to provide Members private spaces where they can enjoy their Constitutional Right to have and use cannabis. All cannabis is collectively owned and grown for Members without the private space, skills, time, or means by other Members who have the private space, skills, time, or means on their behalf.
All cannabis and cannabis products are fully tracked and traced, ensuring no diversion from or into illicit and medicinal markets, and no cannabis or cannabis products are bought to resell from non-Member sources. This reduces the legal risk to Members, who only Share in collectively owned cannabis through their Social Club.
Social Clubs are committed to Member safety, and will assist Members facing legal issues due to their cannabis use. Members facing trouble with the law concerning their cannabis use and possession can reach out to their Social Club to assist them.
REDUCING HEALTH HARMS
Cannabis is not for everyone, and not all cannabis and cannabis products are of equal quality.
Social Clubs aim to reduce the Health Harms associated with cannabis by by providing important information to Members about how to use cannabis, what to look out for, and what to do when things go wrong. This is largely supported by the resources made available by KingsLeaf Social Club Systems to all Social Clubs and their Members.
Members consuming cannabis at a Social Club can also rely on Crew Members to support them should they have a negative experience consuming cannabis and/or cannabis products. Crew Members can assist Members who general Health Harms in the Social Club, and can assist Members in making choices that are best for them.
Health Harms are also reduced by Social Clubs not making any medical claims and not using nor claiming to use any medical pathways for Members to have and use cannabis
By not making any medical claims and not using nor claiming to use any medical pathways for Members to have and use cannabis, Social Clubs reduce Health Harms by ensuring Members are not misled in any way.
Social Clubs are not focused on providing healthcare services and are not responsible for providing any medical advice. However, Social Clubs can make recommendations to Members to seek medical advice from a suitable healthcare provider where possible.
Health Harms are greatly reduced by fully tracking and tracing all cannabis and cannabis products from Seed / Clone to Sharing. By keeping a full record of how plants are grown and by whom, as well as how extracts, tinctures, and infused edibles and drinks are made, health harms can be more easily avoided. Problems are more easily identified and isolated, preventing potential health harms as well as managing and resolving unintentional health harms.
REDUCING SOCIAL HARMS
Social Clubs continue to play a positive role in reducing the social harms associated with cannabis use. Not only do Social Clubs provide Members judgement-free spaces to have and and use cannabis in private, they also help the public to more easily accept cannabis use and users.
Unfortunately, stigma and discrimination likewise continue to play a negative role in the social harms faced by people who interact with cannabis. Social harms can extend into the personal, social, and professional lives of people. Social Clubs understand these impacts, and assist Members to overcome them by providing events and entertainment, respecting their privacy absolutely, and providing support where needed.
Social Clubs are really about creating communities that can reduce the overall legal, health, and social harms associated with cannabis use for each other. Social Clubs provide Members with the necessary peace of mind to enjoy their Constitutional Rights to have and use cannabis as they choose in private with people with shared interests in a shared safe space.
