SAVANNA-LA-MAR, Westmoreland — Despite victory in the Westmoreland Parish Court over the prosecution of members of the ...

Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But the tiny islands of Antigua and Barbuda ...

use of ganja by persons of the Rastafarian faith, and use of ganja for medical, therapeutic and scientific purposes. “We are asking that when these laws are amended that they be placed in the ...

Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But the tiny islands of Antigua and Barbuda ...

The sovereign country consisting of two islands, recently amended its laws to allow marijuana for Rastafarian sacramental use and also cultivation for ritual purposes honoring and respecting the ...

“Ganja,” as marijuana is also known ... by Rastafari from across the Caribbean to help repeal the so-called “Rasta Law” in the British Virgin Islands. The 1980 law ordered immigration ...

In its submissions to the Committee, the Rastafarian Council argued that ... A Regional Commission on Marijuana, established by CARICOM Heads of Government, had recommended in 2018 that states ...

Rastafari followers believe the use of marijuana is directed in biblical passages and that the “holy herb” induces a meditative state and brings them closer to the divine. The faithful smoke ...