More Caribbean nations should lift their prohibitions on marijuana usage, according to Damian “Junior Gong” Marley.
The 46-year-old, who has supported the use of marijuana for both religious practices (Rastafarianism) and personal purposes, claimed during his appearance on Night Two of the World Creole Music Festival in Dominica on October 26 that the plant known as cannabis has several health benefits that can treat a wide range of human ailments.
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Alongside his elder brother, Stephen Marley, the younger Marley performed several marijuana-themed songs throughout the occasion, including “Medication.”
In addition to singing the well-known song, Marley read a poem he had written on marijuana.
Marley expresses his stance through lyrics stating, “We represent the herbs on the podium. The Indicas are short like Napoleon. Sativas don’t like too much sodium. The seeds can replace your petroleum. The leaves have a smoky aroma scent. THC makes you feel like it’s heaven-sent. CBD is for me like medicine. Do some research, you’d be pleased by the evidence.”
He was appreciative of the Dominican Republic’s 2020 drug possession legislation amendments, which made it legal to possess up to 28 grams of marijuana and permitted the home production of three cannabis plants.
More than seven Caribbean nations, including Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and St. Kitts and Nevis, have decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana.
However, it is prohibited in the Dutch Caribbean, Grenada, Haiti, Suriname, the Dominican Republic, Cuba, Guyana, and the Bahamas.
Particularly for Rastafarian religious events, the governments of Guyana and The Bahamas have stated their intention to change drug control legislation to decriminalize marijuana usage.
