“I don’t want
ganja to be legalised. They should go no further than decriminalise it, so that
the police will not have to harass me for my spliff,”
Ras Puddler in an interview on Sunday 20th
October 2013 with The Jamaica
Observer as reported Wednesday October 23rd 2013
Ras Puddler
shown here puffing his Chillum pipe stuffed to the brim with Marijuana, is of
course speaking what's well know among John Public in Jamaica. If Legalization
of Marijauna, which everyone is pushing for, were to occur in Jamaica it’s the
large growers that'd benefit, making the small growers of the crop suffer as
argued in the article “Ganja
farmer says 'big man' will overrun small growers”, published Wednesday,
October 23, 2013 BY DESMOND ALLEN
Executive editor — special assignment, The Jamaica Observer.
At the time he
said this he was smoking his chillum pipe at the Peter Tosh Earthstrong concert
near Belmont, Westmoreland. He has since been arrested and charged for the
possession of Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa)
under the Dangerous Drug Act as stated in the article “Cops raid Ras
Puddler’s home after Observer story”, published Thursday, October 24, 2013,
The Jamaica Observer.
This is evidence
you shouldn’t smoke Marijuana (Cannabis
Sativa) in Public, even if at the time the Jamaica Police Officers weren’t
doing anything initially and despite utterance from the GOJ (Government of
Jamaica) who may or may not be smoking the holy Sacrament while they make their
deliberations. But his arguments have credence, for which I’ll light a symbolic
spliff to clear the minds of my readers!
Decriminalizing Marijuana – Smoking Ban contradiction
to avoid Police Records
Already Marijuana
(Cannabis Sativa) production is
outstripped by Tobacco Production as stated in my blog article
entitled “Rise
of King Tobacco threatens Agriculture for Food – Vybz Kartel Hot Grabba killing
Marijuana Farming”.
This concern
over Tobacco Production in contravention of the Treaty signed with the WHO
(World Health Organization) may have been what really prompted to the Minister
of Health Dr. Fenton Ferguson to act and thus Ban Smoking in Public places as
noted in my blog
article entitled “Adventists
want Ban on Vehicle Pollution as Smoking Ban looms on Saturday July 15 2013 -
Dr. Fenton Ferguson's Escape Plan leads”.
Legalizing Marijuana
(Cannabis Sativa), for which
possession carries a much smaller fine than possession of Tobacco, would put us
back into the same situation once more as Tobacco has with smoking, all because
it has a different name. It’s STILL Smoking, and like Cigarette smoke, despite
its natural ingredients, it STILL can cause the same breathing problems such as
Bronchitis and Asthma, despite a glaring lack of scientific evidence to support
my claim! Smoke is smoke and affects you in the same way.
Same can be said
too for the noxious fumes coming from Buses and motor Vehicles as well as from
Mosquito Destroyers, for which an Importation Ban and a Replacement using
Citronella Candles is necessary as argued in my Geezam
blog article entitled “How
to make Environmentally Friendly Citronella (Lemon Grass) Oil for Mosquito
Repellant Lotion and Candles”.
Many have argued
that this imbalance in a possession fine is literally making Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) possession seem legal,
a possible reason why Ras Puddler was smoking so placidly in front of the
Police Officers. Smoking Cigarettes in Public attracts a fine of JA$50,000 for
the first offence and JA$500,000 for the Second offence!
After all, he’ll
be fined for his chillum pipe, 3lb of Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) and some seedlings found at his home and may
simply gain a criminal Record and pay a very small fine of JA$5000 and then go
free as the Police can’t find his Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) Field….as it’s much smaller than that of the Big
Man Ras Puddler’s referring.
But as most Teenagers
(ages 13 to 17) and Millennials (ages 18 to 28) who possess a spliff aren’t
hardened drug users, just merely trying to relax their minds in a Jamaica
that’s showing very little Job Prospects as argued in my blog article
entitled “Crowdsourced,
Teleworking Flex-work Publishers needed for UWI and High School Students with
Tablets in 2014 - How Jamaican Writers can make money via ePub Publishing Books”,
Decriminalization is a first Step that’ll protect them getting a Criminal
Record.
Legalization, however, is
inevitable, despite Ras Puddler arguements, as there’s too much commercial value in Marijuana (Cannabis
Sativa) to let it
all be about protecting the future of a few Teenagers (ages 13 to 17) and Millennials (ages 18 to
28)!
Marijuana in the hands of Big Pharma – Pill, Patients
and Profits
His argument
does ring true; private enterprise will quickly organize to grow Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) as aside from the mere
smoking of the plant, it also has other uses, especially in the pharmaceutical
Industry. This is similar to the uses discovered by Dr. Lawrence Williams into
the usage of Guinea
Hen Weed (Petiveria Alliacea) for a
variety of illness as described in my blog article
entitled “Dr
Lawrence Williams develops Bovine Serum Albumin replacement for Animal Testing
- Cats and Dogs give this 2 Paws Up as Guinea Hen Weed fights Cancer”.
The main active
ingredient in Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa)
is THC (Tetra Hydro Cannabinol). Its extraction, as described in my blog article
entitled “THC
Extract as a prescription pain killer - A Limitless Long Term Bio-Fuel Future
for Jamaica” is well known among Jamaicans. It’s been recently discovered
to deal effectively with the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Director of the
Caribbean Drug and Alcohol Research Institute Dr Marcus Day recommended it's
legalization in a visit to Jamaica in the week of Sunday December 16th
2012 in order for it to be used to combat the spread of HIV/Aids in Jamaica. He
recommended it as an alternative to Anti-Retroviral Drugs, as stated in the
article “Legalise
ganja to treat HIV, cancer, doctors tell gov't”, published Sunday, December
23, 2012 BY NADINE WILSON Sunday
Observer reporter, The Jamaica
Observer.
An HIV/AIDS
specialist and coordinator of the Caribbean Harm Reduction Coalition, he's
recommending legislation for the legalization of Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) to counteract the
spread of HIV (High Immuno-Deficiency Virus), quote: “I think we should
regulate cannabis (marijuana) use the same way we regulate alcohol use, the
same way they are talking about regulating it in the states of Washington and
Colorado in America. Cannabis actually keeps viral progression down in a body.
If you are HIV positive and you are not on medication, smoking cannabis is
actually therapeutic, and that's science, not people's opinion”.
It’s also been
shown to reduce and in some cases cure cancer when eaten as an additive to
certain foods as according to the latest Gallop Polls, many American favour
Marijuana Legalization as stated in the article “Clear
majority favors legal marijuana, new Gallup poll shows”, published October
22nd 2013 By Evan Burgos, Staff Writer, NBC
News.
The US Gov’t has
been slowly allowing Several States to pass legislation that makes it legal in
some states, but it still isn’t legal at the Federal level as stated in “Despite
Legal Marijuana Rules In 20 States Feds Won't Play Ball”, published
10/19/2013 @ 1:55AM by Robert W. Wood, Forbes
magazine.
And several US
Doctors, including Dr. Gupta, have joined the Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) Bandwagon as I like to call it with a video that
shows what changed his mind as stated in “Why
I changed my mind on weed”, published August 9, 2013 -- Updated 0044 GMT
(0844 HKT) By Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN.
Jamaica since
then has caught Marijuana (Cannabis
Sativa) Fever, as now everyone in Jamaica wants it to be legalized, not
realizing what it really means: Pill, Patients and Profits for Big Pharma!
How to Extract THC for personal Use – Hash Brownies
and Cake for Christmas anyone?
In order to
extract THC from Marijuana (Cannabis
Sativa) you'll need the following for a DIY (Do it yourself):
1.
A glass jar that has a watertight lid
2.
A 2 Cup metal measuring cup with handle
3.
Stainless Steel Container
4.
100% Rum Bar Rum or other rum
5.
Best Grade Marijuana (Cannabis
Sativa) you can find
6.
A coffee filter
7.
A piece of fine mesh Cotton Cloth
8.
An eye dropper bottle
9.
Electric stove
10. Large pot with Water
11. Very Strong Standing fan
The instructions
are simple and easy as baking a cake or even making coffee as explained in “Extracting THC
Oil from Marijuana”, published August 19 2010, Weed Smokers Guide:
1.
Remove any seeds as their oils is super strong and they're
good for replanting
2.
Masticate the Marijuana (Cannabis
Sativa) in a blender
3.
Place the masticated Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) into your mason jar.
4.
Pour 100% Rum Bar Rum into the Mason Jar until the Marijuana
(Cannabis Sativa) powder just start
to float
5.
Put the lid tightly on the Mason jar and shake the jar a few
times.
6.
Let it sit for 12 hours. The mixture should have a dark green
color and have oily bubbles on top of the liquid when shaken.
7.
Place your coffee filter or cloth over your Stainless Steel
Container
8.
Pour your Marijuana (Cannabis
Sativa) through the filter on the Stainless Steel Container.
9.
Grab the cloth by the edges and squeeze it to get as much of
the green mother liquor out as possible
10. Repeat the process using the
Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) left over
from 1-9 until it turn bleach white
11. Place the Stainless Steel
Container on the Electric Stove inside of another large pot with Water,
basically a Water Bath for gentler heating
12. Turn on the standing fan to
remove excess vapors from the alcoholic Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) Mother
liquor, keeping the heat level low
13. Heat until it turns thick
and oily but not bubbling boiling hot
14. When the Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) mixture thickens and
darkens remove it from the burner
15. If it gets too thick, add
more alcohol and swirl it around until it thins out.
16. Cool the Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) mixture to room
Temperature
17. Pour your mixture in the eye
dropper bottle for usage in your cooking. Make sure the Bottle is dark in
colour to prevent the THC from being affected by light
At this point
you can use the pure THC extract in everything from Cooking Chocolate Chip
Cookies to smoking it in you e-Cigarettes. To get a super strong mind numbing
high, you’ll need to include the seeds.
Using a Solar
Desalinator with a Fresnel Lens attachment, Vacuum Pyrolosis can be used to
obtain a pure oleum of the masticated Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) plants as described in my blog article
entitled “How
to upgrade your Solar Desalinator to a Solar Cooker and make a Solar Foundry
for Vacuum Pyrolysis”. Then follow the process as described above but be
warned: This is some strong stuff!
Marijuana Decriminalization then Legalization – the
Calm before the e-Cigarette Storm
The GOJ
(Government of Jamaica) for once has bi-partisan support for Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) on both sides of Gordon
House. So much so that the GOJ is being urged to push through Legislation to
Decriminalize of the possession of small quantities of Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa), which Cabinet is
mulling currently as stated in “Cabinet To
Consider Changes To Ganja Laws”, Published Monday October 7, 2013 by Erica
Virtue, Senior Gleaner Writer, The
Jamaica Gleaner.
The GOJ is
currently avoiding this fearing diplomatic pressure from the US, where many States
are making millions from the growth and distribution of Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa) as stated in “Jamaica
Risks Losing Out On Benefits Of Weed, Warn Advocates”, Published Sunday
September 1, 2013, by John Myers Jr, Gleaner Writer, The Jamaica Gleaner
The Public
Health (Tobacco Control) Regulations 2013 using Section 14 and 15 of the Public
Health Act however, needs to be update to deal with a new possibility: Marijuana
(Cannabis Sativa) e-Cigarettes as argued
in my blog
article entitled “Carerras
and e-cigarettes - THC Thanks You for Smoking The Next Big Thing” and my Geezam blog article entitled “Jamaican
use of E-Cigarettes usage set to rise as CAF placed on Tobacco Products”.
E-cigarettes is
set to be the new trend among Teenagers (ages 13 to 17) and Millennials (18 to
28) based on what I remember from the lunchroom conversations at ACCENT
Marketing. Already E-cigarettes are a growing trend among affluent Uptowners
known as “Vaping”.
Imagine what’ll
happen when Marijuana (Cannabis Sativa)
is decriminalized; e-cigarette usage’ll explode as you can effectively smoke a
device that’s not banned by the current Public Health (Tobacco Control)
Regulations 2013 and also no-one can tell if it’s Nicotine or THC (Tetra Hydro
Cannabinol) that you’re vaping!
Despite the
focus on the Pharmaceutical Industry, Teenagers (ages 13 to 17) and Millennials
(18 to 28) munching on Chocolate Chip cookies and Brownies with THC as a main
ingredient will also be all the rage as well come Decriminalization Time!
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