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DEE JAY MACKA B RELEASES “MEDICAL MARIJUANA” AS HIS LATEST SINGLE!

 By Howard Campbell— MACKA B… Rastafari have been telling the masses about the medicinal properties of the herb for a long time—BRITISH deejay Macka B weighs in on the growing debate to legalise ganja with his new song, Medical Marijuana. The Rastafarian toaster extols the holistic benefits of the weed in the single which he co-produced with Chris Peckins. He said it is also a personal statement. “For 30 years I have been advocating for the legalisation and decriminalisation of ganja in my music. As Rastafari, it is I and I sacrament, the holy herb,” he told the Jamaica Observer. “Rastafari people have been telling the masses about the medicinal properties of the herb for a long time. Now, the world is waking up, we have to be at the forefront of what is … Read entire article »

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“LEGALIZING MARIJUANA COULD BENEFIT JAMAICA’S TOURIST INDUSTRY” SAYS ITS TOURISM MINISTER!

“LEGALIZING MARIJUANA COULD BENEFIT JAMAICA’S TOURIST INDUSTRY” SAYS ITS TOURISM MINISTER!

  By Karyl Walker—  MCNEILL… I think from a tourism perspective, it would be good—- WITH a groundswell building up for the Government to decriminalise ganja, Tourism and Entertainment Minister Wykeham McNeill says the move would be good for tourism. McNeill, who was responding to a question posed by the Jamaica Observer at the post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House in Kingston yesterday, said if the law were structured properly the country could benefit. “I think from a tourism perspective, … Read entire article »

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“JAMAICA WILL DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA BY THE END OF THE YEAR” SAYS GOVERNMENT MINISTER PHILLIP PAULWELL!

“JAMAICA WILL DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA BY THE END OF THE YEAR” SAYS GOVERNMENT MINISTER PHILLIP PAULWELL!

Ganja growing in a field. – File— Jamaica is to decriminalise ganja by year end as the government moves to capitalise on the booming marijuana trade internationally. Science and Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell told the Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Task Force (CCMRT) that ganja will be decriminalised this year. Speaking with The Gleaner/ Power 106 News Centre this afternoon, the minister confirmed that ganja will be decriminalised this year in keeping with parliamentary approval. Paulwell, late last year, had come … Read entire article »

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