"We see it as a food source, we see it as a sacrament in terms of, like I said, it aids us into meditation and tap into consciousness and all these things. You know, to deprive us of our food, of our medicine, we saw that as being unjust. So, we had to stand up and fight over the years." Ras Kiyode
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The government of Antigua and Barbuda has sought to right past wrongs. The twin islands recently became one of the first Caribbean nations to grant Rastafari authorization to grow and smoke their sacramental herb.
LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari in this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking cannabis.For Rast