Antigua becomes first Caribbean country to allow Rastafari to grow cannabis by S_Fleary1
ANTIGUA AND Barbuda has become the first Caribbean country to grant the Rastafari community official sacramental authorisation to grow cannabis.
“I believe, as a faith-based institution, that your organisation should be respected by all,” the Prime Minister said. He also added he would like the community to assist where they can in preventing youth in Antigua and Barbuda from using cannabis. “We know that the history of cannabis has been a long journey and the history of Rastafari has been a tedious one, and we are here to acknowledge the rights … of the Rastafari community,” Mr Burton said.
Rastafari elder Glasford “King Sagyefo” Mack of the Nyabinghi Theocracy Church welcomed the move by the PM and said he was “making a great step forward.”Mr Browne’s government condemned schools that discriminate against Rastafarians and students who wear their natural hair in locks.
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