How many of you have read Sally Henzell "Letter to the Editor" in the September 3rd Edition of the Gleaner newspaper ?
It was in the "online edition", which I assume is the same as the daily "printed edition".
Any comments on the article ?
ONE LOVE !!
Mike

Here is the letter.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130903/letters/letters1.html

Miss Sally is brave and righteous.

I totally agree with Sally and applaud her for writing the letter.

The mutual admiration society at work here, no doubt. Sally's letter is misguided We have enough idlers and mindlessness to go around, and legalizing ganja is not something which is going to help us economically or otherwise.

Dittos Ms. Henzell. A man, or woman, should be able to enjoy a drag or two after a hard day's work just as we would a glass of wine.

Sally...so good to hear you speak out about the herbal, god-given "sacrament", ganja (cannabis sativa}** that, in conjugal agreement with you, Perry could so bubbly get to the psychological heart of the matter:

I'm not a Rasta any more than I'm into any religion, but I think they're right about many things such as the importance of ital food, free from chemical fertilizer and pesticides, and I think they're right about ganja.
Why does 'Babylon' hate and fear ganga so much? Because it leads to violence? No, everybody knows ganga cools you out. Because it's injurious to health? No, everybody knows it is not as harmful as alcohol or cigarettes. Because it puts tax-free cash into poor people's pockets? Maybe, but surely Omar, the lover of reggae music and devotee of Tosh and Marley, to say nothing of being a member of Parliament for an inner-city constituency, would let that one go.
No, what Babylon really has against ganga is that it induces relaxation!

Anywhere Babylon reigns supreme, relaxation is a crime. Just try laughing in church or in court or on the parade ground. Even in a bank, customers tend to wait in hushed silence.}
--Perry Henzell ("The Babylon-Ganja Battle")...Bless You, as someone said about the Artist that you are:
Here to comfort the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable.

Read More of Perry's Thoughts In: Cannabis Culture
www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4362.html

Observer LinK: Why Not Make Ganja Legal In Jamaica?
www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/Why-not-make-ganja-legal-in-Jamaica-_12997454

**Cannabis sativa: an annual herbaceous plant...People have cultivated cannabis sativa throughout recorded history as a source of industrial fibre, seed oil, food, recreation, religious and spiritual enlightenment, and medicine.

Jamaica worked much better before it became "independent",{edited by TBNet} .Kingston used to be a beautiful city but now it is nothing in the world but a glorified ghetto,{edited by TBNet}. I hate to have to be so critical but the truth need to be said and i say it because i love Jamaica as it is the land of my birth {edited by TBNet} .Thanks to all the "honorable" politicians.

Big brother "United States" is moving more and more to decriminalization and legalization of the weed.
So why is Jamaica, which is world renown for it ganja, not doing the same ? Could legalization benefit the Jamaican economy in anyway ?
ONE LOVE !!
Mike

WARNING:...Here Are All The People Who Have Died From A Marijuana Overdose

www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/marijuana-deaths_n_3860418.html?utm_hp_ref=mos tpopular

Connected deaths from the war on drugs and profiteers fighting....?

Maybe someone out of this world on hash oil/too many brownies has stepped off a cliff or played with snakes. Dose and one person's drug is another's poison are to be considered.

Imagine a large group a weed smokers and a large group of rum tokers....get the point!

What a joke when police arrest and lock up people for one spliff. Then in RM court judge issues a $100 J fine.

Look to other cities with ganja tourism if you doubt the economics of it all.

Everyone knows this is the sufferer's little hustling. From young boy to granny country people know a small dollar can be made on the local economy. What say if it becomes legal and ok to sell more openly?

What a waste of police and military resources and disgrace when they go in and destroy a small crop.

This does nothing to uplift the country.

Better to ban rum than herb. I cannot recall ever being bothered by someone who has had too much to smoke. In fact, this usually leads to slumber at worst.

Can you honestly say that about the hard drinkers?

As for it being a gateway drug, this is long-time untruth. Who is going to try will try it legal or not.

Many are actually in medical need of it's properties proven especially in cases of glaucoma and nausea from chemotherapy.

More recently the CBD extracted from the low THC plants ELIMINATES severe siezures safely and with no side effects in the smallest of children.

Why is it illegal again? Educate yourself on this issue and see how the wool is pulled tightly over the eyes of those who do not know the truth.

Argument done.

Thank you Sally for taking the time and being brave enough to write in a national forum the simple truth. You go girl.

Herb as MEDICINE.
The medicine that causes the most addictions in the U.S. are prescription pain killers !
Herb for RELAXATION.
One of the leading causes of domestic violence is alcohol consumption.
Herb is an ADDICTION.
Tobacco smoke (nicotine) is extremely addicting.
Marijuana prohibition is a political problem both in the U.S. and Jamaica.
ONE LOVE !!
Mike

So, IF ganja was legal in Jamaica..and IF you could buy it at the local supermarket...such as...for example...the supermarket in Crossroads....would one be able to purchase it there on a Sunday? What would the Sunday hours be?
Thanks
Wes

PS: We are arriving next Saturday night and are wondering about stocking our kitchen ...and have never had to go to the supermarket on Sunday, so that is why I have inquired about this. As I do not seem able to get a response to my original post/thread/question...I thought that posting the question on the dope thread would increase my chances of getting an answer!! ;)

I think things would remain as they are. You would be able to get your ganja at the supermarket just like you can now, 7 days a week.

Now that is FUNNY Glenn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:>) > >
ONE LOVE !!
Mike

I am apparently shopping at the wrong supermarkets. Pray tell, Glen, which store do you buy your high-grade at?

Sun, Sea, Sand And Ganja - Local Farmers Offer Ganja Tours To Tourists:

Napa and Sonoma (California) have their wine tours, and travellers flock to Scotland to sample the fine single-malt whiskies. But in Jamaica, farmers are offering a different kind of trip for a different type of connoisseur.

Call them ganja tours: smoky, mystical, and technically illegal journeys to some of the island's hidden cannabis (ganja) plantations, where pot tourists can sample such strains as 'purple kush' and 'pineapple skunk'.

The tours pass through places like Nine Mile, the tiny hometown of reggae legend and famous pot-lover, Bob Marley. Here, in Jamaica's verdant central mountains, dreadlocked men escort curious visitors to a farm where deep-green marijuana plants grow out of the reddish soil. Similar tours are offered just outside the western resort town of Negril, where marijuana mystique has drawn weed-smoking vacationers for decades.

Despite its laid-back international image, Jamaica is a conservative, religious place and many people bristle at the country's Rasta reputation.

Marijuana has been pervasive but prohibited on the island since 1913. The illicit marijuana crop has declined since the 1970s due to global competition and the United States (US)-led war on drugs. Still, Jamaica is the Caribbean's leading supplier of pot to the US and tourists often don't need to look any farther than their hotel lobby for assistance buying weed.

An online vacation guide called Jamaicamax promises to organise ganja tours in the Negril area. But there is a caveat: First, you have to smoke a marijuana 'spliff' with your guide, presumably to show you are not law enforcement.

More than a decade after a government commission said marijuana was "culturally entrenched" and recommended decriminalising personal use by adults, influential politicians and businessmen are pushing for Jamaica to cast off old fears of angering Washington and loosen up laws.

Henry Lowe, a prominent Jamaican scientist who helped develop a cannabis-derived medication to treat glaucoma in the 1980s, said the island could quickly become a hub of marijuana tourism and research. "People could come down to Jamaica for medical marijuana treatment and health tourism because this has been our tradition, our culture."

Indentured servants from India are thought to have brought the plant to Jamaica in the 19th century. Its use as a medicinal herb spread rapidly, with some people using ganja tea to alleviate aches and others using rum-soaked marijuana as a cold remedy. By the 1970s, marijuana became even more popular due to Rastafarian reggae stars like Marley and Peter Tosh.

Gleaner Link:
http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20130910/news/news6.html

Disappointed with Ms Sally that she could not find something more positive to write about. What will it be next?

Oh 'Doing it all wrong' you need to get out more!

There is a chain of stores called the "Herb Emporium" located all across the island. They carry all brands. Store times vary according to location. Prices vary according to your knowledge of the product and your negotiating skills.
ONE LOVE !!
Mike