Marijuana, medicine and money: Some businessmen enlightened; regional politicians remain conservative

Jamaican businessman Joe Issa

The Government of Guyana has more or less slammed the door shut against the legalization of marijuana but there are other opinions on the subject amongst politicians and businessmen in the region and many of those are diametrically opposed to the prevailing official opinion here.

One of the more recent pro-legalization cases made in the region has emanated from Jamaica – widely regarded as the regional home of ‘weed.’ What is interesting is the fact that the argument was not made by a dread-locked Rastafarian, but by Joe Issa,