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Yeah man, let's legalize the holy herb, and just don't criticise it

Police officers destroying bhang on Gwassi Hill, Sub Sub-county in Homa Bay County. (James Omoro, Standard)

A petition is before the courts pushing for the legalisation of bangi (cannabis sativa). The Rasta men and women claim they smoke it for spiritual upliftment and so it is discriminatory to allow Christians to imbibe their red wine for sacrament. After all, smokes and wines go together.

I have not formed an opinion on this matter—not that it matters anyway—but I know many folks who smoke weed and they should be left to puff their lungs away, if that’s what they want. In any case, criminalising the weed only helps the operators go underground. We’d need to see those hallucinating out in the open.

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