He too lamented that the image of ganja has remained negative despite significant scientific work that has been done for medicinal usage.Įthan Nadelmann - founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, one of the leading organisations in the United States promoting alternatives to the war on drugs - expressed the view that "off the record" local politicians were likely to agree with the decriminalisation of ganja.
Jamaican scientist and entrepreneur Dr Henry Lowe said it was unfortunate that Jamaica's association with ganja has only been linked to smoking. "Still, there is an image problem associated with ganja, even though there are many middle-class persons using ganja, but they don't get taken through the courts."
"It is absurd (given) that one of our icons, whose music is heard around the world every day - Robert Nesta Marley - is known to have ganja as one of his inspirations," he said. Queen's Counsel Lord Anthony Gifford, who is a board member of the GLRC and who is not a smoker, said too many young people who were not criminals were getting criminal records for using small quantities of marijuana. Bob Marley the famous music was the most prominent Rasta in Jamaica and. Several months ago, a black teenager was shot dead by the police in New York, after he was chased into his grandmother's house where he attempted to flush ganja in his possession. Originating from the Hindi, Urdu and Sankrit languages Ganja is a term referring. In Jamaica, the image of young, unemployed Jamaican males on the streets in their inner-city communities, pressing deep into their palms (an act associated with crushing ganja for use in a spliff) has not done much to assist the advocate's work towards decriminalisation.Ī similar image exists in many inner-city communities in the United States. He said since the 1960s that image has been associated with Rastafarians. The police, especially, has painted that perception that most of the criminals use ganja and that most of the youth on the corner that is rubbing out their hand middle, is the same one that by nightfall fires the gun and gives trouble," he argued. "In Jamaica, it has always been the situation that ganja has been used to suppress and oppress persons here. He expressed disappointment that decades after advocacy and with the body of science now available, there was still shame associated with ganja smoking in Jamaica.Īttorney-at-law Miguel Lorne said the police's treatment of individuals caught with ganja has fuelled the negative perception of the weed. I will never be a politician or even think political. When you smoke the herb, it reveals you to yourself. Please contact me.Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. Herb is the healing of a nation, alcohol is the destruction. Mit silver hase richtig passend ☮️🥰 Comment by Basti Grau Oowwww ilove the song Comment by Ajith Aji Ganja ganja Comment by akutidaksukamantan Ufff exelente me lleva al infinito y más aya Bob Marley icono mundial por siempre ✌️ Comment by Sudhanshu Bansal Thank you for the upload! Comment by Mohammad Almarwaee I have been listening to your upload of this for YEARS. Enab I apologize for cussing at you and calling you ugly and the same for the beautiful women in the picture of this sound cloud Comment by Ehab ABohatab
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