Jamaicans Are Worried Foreigners Will Take Over the Ganja Market (HBO)
Jamaicans Are Worried Foreigners Will Take Over the Ganja Market (HBO)
Until very recently, smoking weed was completely illegal in Jamaica.
But in 2015, the law changed, and individuals are now allowed to have a small amount of ganja for personal use. Medical sales are allowed, and permits for larger farming operations are also being granted – slowly.
The ganja industry will undoubtedly generate a lot of money – especially from tourists, who will be looking to partake in a bit of authentic Jamaican weed.
But this raises the question: who is going to profit from this? Jamaicans, or somebody else?
Since 2015, Jamaica has become the site of a ganja gold rush, as foreign investors pump in money and set up shop on the island. Smaller local farmers, many of whom were being harassed and punished for growing in the past, simply can’t compete.
Some locals see this as another extension of colonial inaction.
“I’m not saying all of these investors coming in are evil,” says Ras Iyah V, an activist who has been fighting for ganja legalization for years.
“I’m just saying most of these coming in are concerned with money. About making money out of an industry that our people have suffered for.”
VICE News visited Jamaica to find out what the future of ganja is on the island.
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Kenya has not yet legalized it yet.
With only one roll you’d go to jail.
Blackman has to fly just to get to something white people can walk to
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One love
Look at the top of his head 1:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w4YGPqWZ5U
Keren
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I LOVE SMOKE WEED IS MY PASSION💚
Whqt
Visit to my country aceh indonesia
The man is right , the natives deserve a fair share
We don’t need the blood bath for a simple reason like a plant !
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Even here in south African its legal now
I can grow tomatoes too
Keep everything black owned .
Bagi dong.hhehehe
Rasta made weed popular around the world. It put Jamaica on the world map. The government still fight against Rasta. Still kissing the whiteman ass.
I’m the one Filipino comment here💕
buntot pusa😍
That’s what you would call a takeover… nothing in it for the small man
https://youtu.be/gm1SWrh7vqE
Why not
Nall keep it by the people right now it good then it be like. No love on the babies when they grow old
They ban things they cant profit off.
“I’m just saying most of these coming in are concerned with money. About making money out of an industry that our people have suffered for.”
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Sapur
I’m afraid you don’t give me the real herb because ya scared of my knowledge. Pure Irish was medicinally medicated because I look like the first man on earth. 🙏
Brazil legalize
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Lol so you have to be rich to get rich. 2:15
I mean I understand that a lot of people think of Jamacan and weed together, however, I do not believe they "own" weed, people have been using marijuana before these people.
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6:01 his jamaican accent disappeared
It’s a shame that the Jamaicans let the Americans con them out of their own wealth that plant could’ve brought the whole country out of poverty. Smh.
https://youtu.be/GTDN8As9IcM
California is making billions off it and individuals are making 100s of millions catch up Rastafarian’s you are the originators
Jamaicans deserve a lot of credit, portion of whats theirs, and i hope they have enough support to stand up for their market
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Klo indonesia legal,,, mungkin lebih bnyk kebon nya ganja..
rasanya pengen pindah ke jamaica
Cut ur nails
I fucking hate how these big companies just all of a sudden get up all over peoples business just because it’s now become profitable business. They’ll stick around for three maybe four years worth of profit and bounce not even cleaning up after themselves. They have no respect nor the clue of how important these plants are to this little island. This is part of their culture that’s been with them there entire life passed on to them, it’s more than just an income to them it’s medicine. With the island having to go through all the crime and homicide from the past all because of this plant. But in actuality the legal system in Jamaica was a corrupt system, and the ones to blame for that dark era. Who do you think were the major influencer for Jamaica’s government to push hard against the war on drugs to their own people for a plant that covers that whole island naturally. Though this plant has caused a lot of blood shed, but it has also never stopped growing for the people and continues to be used to care for Jamaicans, that’s why Jamaicans care so much about this plant.
I don’t know why but this reminds me of Snoop Dog
How to grow up my seed weed sir ?
The plants are babies
Crooked politicians not looking after their people!