Marijuana March in JAMAICA: The march, organised by veteran reggae artiste Bunny Wailer's Solomonic Productions....Denroy Morgan will lend his support to the cause... A NUMBER of local artistes are set to show their support for the legalisation of marijuana (ganja) during a march and mass rally set for the Corporate Area tomorrow.

BY RICHARD JOHNSON Observer senior reporter johnsonr@jamaicaobserver.com  Saturday, April 19, 2014    

A NUMBER of local artistes are set to show their support for the legalisation of marijuana (ganja) during a march and mass rally set for the Corporate Area tomorrow.

Denroy Morgan

The march, organised by veteran reggae artiste Bunny Wailer's Solomonic Productions and the Rastafari Millennium Council, is aimed at furthering the debate on the legalisation of the weed which is considered a holy sacrament by followers of Rastafari.

The march and motorcade is set to start at 10:00 am from the Mandela Park in Half-Way-Tree to St William Grant Park in the heart of downtown Kingston, before moving on to the Trench Town Culture Park in western Kingston for the rally and presentations.

Among the artistes down to lend their support to the call is Denroy Morgan.

Morgan — best known for his 1981 I'll Do Anything for You and patriarch of sibling group Morgan Heritage — is an advocate for the legalisation.

In 2011, Morgan was arrested and charged with possession of 25 pounds of ganja in the Bronx, New York.

A year later Morgan walked out of a courtroom with a 90-day probation and US$25 court filing fee after successfully arguing that he had no intention of distributing the ganja for profit, but instead bought it for spiritual use.

He told the Jamaica Observer that that experience leaves him no choice but to advocate for the legalisation of ganja. more