Sober up and do what is right by legalising bhang

Police officers attached to Kisii Police station uproot some of the bhang planted by unknown people in a compound on 3/5/2020. [Sammy Omingo,Standard]

The mention of Cannabis Sativa (bhang or marijuana) in any social place elicits condemnation, guilt or anxiety. It is a paradoxical, if not hypocritical reaction and attitude to a crop whose consumption, demand, and supply have grown exponentially. 

However, this is understandable because the ‘herb’, until the 20th century, was widely accepted and consumed within unwritten cultural codes. In Kenya, it was outlawed by the British colonialists about 70 years ago. Why the cultivation and consumption of marijuana was banned has never been critically examined.