Rastas Want Ganja Legal For Sacramental Rights & Religious/Commercial Use
Ganja use of up to two ounces has been decriminalized in Jamaica but Rastafarians want more. Decriminalization is not full legalization, they have long argued. They have called on government to “free up the herb.”
Press Conference
The groups held a press conference recently and boldly demanded that they wanted the weed to be legalized and they be given legal protection as it relates to their “sacramental use on religious grounds.”
At the press conference on November 1st 2016, the demand was made.
They also want fees to be waived.
Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie is Senior International Correspondent & Photojournalist for Vision Newspaper Canada.
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.
