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Justice for Rastafari: From Criminalization to Commercialization
Maxwell007
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Jamaica jailed Rastafari for decades for using ganja as a sacrament. Now tourists smoke it freely and corporations are getting rich. Where's the justice? From the 1950s through the 1990s, Rastafari were hunted, beaten, and imprisoned for possessing ganja. The Coral Gardens incident in 1963? Rastas were rounded up, their locks were cut, they were tortured. All because the government saw ganja and Rastafari as threats to colonial order. Elders like Mortimo Planno spent years in jail. Families were destroyed. Communities were terrorized. The herb that Rastafari used for meditation and spiritual connection was criminalized, and they paid the price
