Dagga Couple

Dagga Couple
The Dagga Couple logo
Motto"I am not a criminal"[1]
Founder(s)Julian Stobbs, Myrtle Clark
Established2010
FocusLegalization or decriminalization of cannabis in South Africa
Location
South Africa
Websitedaggacouple.co.za

The Dagga Couple or DC is a pro-cannabis lobbyist organisation from South Africa founded by Julian Stobbs and Myrtle Clarke after the two were arrested for the possession and dealing in the substance in 2010. Rather than plead guilty, the couple decided instead to sue seven sectors of government that maintained and enforced the policy of cannabis prohibition in the country resulting in what has been described locally as the Trial of the Plant in 2017.[2]

Stobbs was fatally shot during an armed robbery at his home in Sunrella, Gauteng on 3 July 2020. Clarke, who was with him at the time of the incident, escaped unharmed.[3][4]

  1. ^ Dagga Couple Sticker with Motto
  2. ^ Link Times LIVE
  3. ^ "Julian Stobbs, one half of the 'dagga couple', shot dead on his smallholding in Gauteng".
  4. ^ "Dagga advocate Julian Stobbs shot dead in armed house robbery". 3 July 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.