An individual who was found in possession of Ganja could be charged a fine and be sentenced up to 5 years.They will be fined no less than $200/ an ounce and can be sentenced up to 35 years. An individual who cultivates and gathers Ganja, uses their property to cultivate, and carries Ganja so they can sell it will be found guilty of an offense.They can be fined no less than $500/ an ounce and can be sentenced up to 35 years in prison. An individual who imports or exports Ganja can be convicted of an offense in the circuit court.In the Dangerous Drug act of 1945 there is a section that addressed rules and regulations around the use, possession, exportation, and importation of Ganja. The Dangerous Drug Act (1945) – Jamaica.Ganja has not been recognized in Jamaica has the sacred herb for this religious group. Ganja also can be used to make ganja tea. Also while smoking Rasta’s are more likely to hold the smoke in and then release it through the nose than the mouth. When smoking in a group three pulls are taken and then passed to the next person. A chalice is a water pipe and is commonly used to smoke. It must be grown properly in order to fully alter the state of consciousness. Rasta’s who grow Ganja only use organic manure, most likely for best results bat manure will be used. The amount of consumption of Ganja does not differ among Rastafarians and non-rasta’s in Jamaica but Rastafarians do smoke more when ceremonies take place. Jah is revealed because Ganja allows for alters the state of consciousness.
In other words after smoking the individual will become high allowing for Jah to reveal himself (Pretorius, 2006). By using the herb individuals are lead into deeper faith therefore they smoke it a lot. Ganja is viewed as the holy herb by Rastafarians and the bible contains verses that talk about ganja as being holy. bbc.co.uk/…stafari/ataglance/glance.shtml This includes: wearing dreadlocks, music (reggae, ska, and fusion of reggae with other genres of music), the food eaten ( dietary laws no shellfish or pork ital is natural vegetarian food without salt), and the smoking of Ganja for religious purposes. Rastafarians are believed to have a specific look that identify them as belonging to the group. The colors are red, green, and gold red is for blacks killed throughout history, green is for vegetation and release from suppression, and gold is for the wealth of Ethiopia. The lion is the symbol and is why Rastafarians wear dreads to represent the hair of the lion. Groundation ceremonies are also known as Binghi in which it is like a celebration where smoking, singing, eating of food, and dancing takes place, there is also a prayer that takes place at these ceremonies. Marijuana in Jamaica is referred to as Ganja but Rasta’s refer to it as herb. marijuana is passed around in the group clockwise, if there is a war then it is passed counterclockwise. The lighting of the marijuana is viewed as sacred and a prayer is said before smoking starts. Reasoning ceremonies is when Rastafarians come together to just be together and form discussion while smoking marijuana. There are five sacred texts, this texts include The Bible, The Kebra Nagast (focuses on the history of Ethiopia), The Holy Piby ( afrocentric text that many use as the primary text that their beliefs come from), The Royal Parchment Scroll of Black Supremacy (focuses on black supremacy), and The Wisdom of Rastafari ( writing of quotes from Haile Selassie). Reasoning and Groundation are two types of religious ceremonies. Selassie and his wife birthday is a holy day as well as, the anniversary of Selassie visit Jamaica, and the day that he was crowned emperor. Haile Selassie was an emperor in Ethiopia and Rastafarians believed that he was Jah incarnated. They believe that their ancestors were enslaved and forced to move to Jamaica which gave rise to Rastafarianism in which there was focused on going to Ethiopia, promoting black supremacy, and not giving into capitalism ( Benard, 2013).
Rastafarians believe that Ethiopia is the holy land and their holy god is Jah Rastafari. The population of this group is estimated to be between 200,000 and 800,000. As of 2014 his family has been working to create a global marijuana brand known as- “Marley Natural” /…/jamaica-marijuana-decriminalization_n_6647676 If no one knows about the culture of Rastafarians, they may know of the singer Bob Marley, a proud Rastafarian from Jamaica who brought attention the culture and religion worldwide. Rastafarian’s, Jamaica, and the Legalization of Ganja
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