Not too many years ago even the more open-minded Caribbean people might have baulked at the idea of marijuana becoming a mainstream product in both the medicinal and recreational industries never mind the popular ‘Legalize It” refrain of the internationally renowned and now deceased Jamaican reggae artiste Peter Tosh.
Fast forward to 2019 and the strides that marijuana has made towards legal and social acceptability have probably far exceeded Tosh’s expectations. Not only has marijuana been legalized in some of the most conservative societies, but in both the health and recreational sectors, enterprising businessmen have transformed the plant and its derivatives into a multi-million dollar industry.
Even now there is no sign that the creative minds that continue to probe the recreational – and by extension, economic potential – of marijuana are slowing down in their quest to ‘push the envelope’ so to speak.
