Dear Editor,
How do you think it feels to be a Jamaican in the state of Colorado on New Year's Day 2014? Annoyed! For that was the day that Colorado legalised the use of marijuana while poverty-stricken Jamaica looks on in frustration as our ability to enter the market legally seems overpowered by American might.
Jamaica has always been known as the country that produces the best grade of ganja in the world. And don't tell me about ganja being a dangerous drug, for it is a well-known fact, internationally accepted by now, that ganja has been used to treat or cure many diseases and is certainly a miracle worker when it comes to relieving chronic pain.
So why is it we have to keep out industry underground, even while the states of Colorado and Washington are able to legalise the product?
For what we will see happening is that state after state in the USA will legalise the use of the product until it is freely available in every nook and cranny of the USA. This will happen all while the federal government uses its military and economic might to keep weak, small countries like Jamaica from legally entering the market and offering quality products on a competitive basis. It is sheer economic terrorism on the part of the Americans.
It is now clear that the rest of the producing world has to come together to fight this most unfair attempt by the American Government to sneak around the important terms of the WTO agreement, which were signed by all interested in fostering a level playing field in trade, internationally. In the meantime too, we must join the courageous government of Uruguay which on 23rd December 2013 signed into
law its progrmme to institute a legally regulated market for marijuana.
Joan Williams
gratestj@gmail.com
Why haven't we entered the ganja trade?
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How do you think it feels to be a Jamaican in the state of Colorado on New Year's Day 2014? Annoyed! For that was the day that Colorado legalised the use of marijuana while poverty-stricken Jamaica looks on in frustration as our ability to enter the market legally seems overpowered by American might.
Jamaica has always been known as the country that produces the best grade of ganja in the world. And don't tell me about ganja being a dangerous drug, for it is a well-known fact, internationally accepted by now, that ganja has been used to treat or cure many diseases and is certainly a miracle worker when it comes to relieving chronic pain.
So why is it we have to keep out industry underground, even while the states of Colorado and Washington are able to legalise the product?
For what we will see happening is that state after state in the USA will legalise the use of the product until it is freely available in every nook and cranny of the USA. This will happen all while the federal government uses its military and economic might to keep weak, small countries like Jamaica from legally entering the market and offering quality products on a competitive basis. It is sheer economic terrorism on the part of the Americans.
It is now clear that the rest of the producing world has to come together to fight this most unfair attempt by the American Government to sneak around the important terms of the WTO agreement, which were signed by all interested in fostering a level playing field in trade, internationally. In the meantime too, we must join the courageous government of Uruguay which on 23rd December 2013 signed into
law its progrmme to institute a legally regulated market for marijuana.
Joan Williams
gratestj@gmail.com
Why haven't we entered the ganja trade?
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