“Medical Marijuana” Relating to the Caribbean

Medical marijuana and how the African Diaspora helped influenced the medical, economical, and historical aspect as we know it today.

Thesis

In The Article “Ganja in Jamaica,” Tim Boekhout van Solinge Discusses the Importance Marijuana had, and how it evolved through the Caribbean impacting their image.

Rastafari movement

History/Culture

Myth: Marijuana Leads to Harder Drugs -The gateway theory

Myth: Pot Kills Brain Cells

-Government experts now admit that pot doesn’t kill brain cells. (CONTRIDICTING) not cool.

False Experimentation

The use, sale, and possession of cannabis (marijuana) in the United States is illegal

Marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the 1970 Controlled Substances Act

Legalities in the US

English: Map of the US showing US cannabis laws. Light Green:  State with legal medical cannabis. Forest Green: State with decriminalized cannabis possession laws.* Dark Green: State with both medical and decriminalization laws.  Purple: State with legalized cannabis

Known to cure…

Educating the world about cannabis extract medicine and continuing to treat patients is the way for the movement to succeed.

Medical Benefits

Hemp is the same plant as marijuana

Hemp biomass

Non-Medicinal Benefits

Oral Folklore- politics, and “unknown” cure for cancer

Material Folklore- Marijuana, Hash, hemp,

oils

Customary Folklore- Rastafari culture help Marijuana get established in main strain media.

Type of Folklore

Hospitality management is a field that has always caught my eye ever since I can remember cooking at the age of 9

Connecting Medical Marijuana and it’s resent discoveries to the restaurant industry

Relating to my Major