The Jamaican cabinet approved a billcreate a Cannabis Licensing Authority for the various regulations needed to cultivate, sell, and distribute
cannabis for medical use, scientific research, therapeutic consumption, and, remarkably, for religious purposes as well.
This will be the first cannabis bill ever to make an allowance for the use of cannabis religiously, although the argument
has been around for years, even causing a lawsuit from Native Americans seeking an exemption from federal law under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act,
but the courts threw out the lawsuit and no charges were filed.
This bill has huge implications, most prevalent being the realization of a dream that began long, long ago, before Bob Marley and the Wailers,
before Peter Tosh sang his iconic song, even further back, when the first strains were planted and harvested to be used
in reasoning sessions as a sacrament to cleanse the body and mind, heal the soul, and facilitate peace.
Jamaican me so happy, Jamaican Senate!
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