Samini has called on the government to consider marijuana as a means of generating revenue for the country.
Reggae and Dancehall musicians are the most vocal; they their music to call on governments to legalize the banned substance in order to derive its merits.
The veteran musician, who seems well versed of the potential of the marijuana, provided numerous benefits the country stand to gain if the government allows farmers in the country to cultivate it on a mass scale.
Speaking on Starr Chat with Bola Ray, Samini said:
“I think that Ghana should be looking at decriminalizing marijuana, lemme drop a statement that if Ghana should decriminalize wee and then also give farmers license to grow wee since it does so well on Ghana soil, to even allow them grow for export, there are countries that have made fortunes out of marijuana export, its not just for smoking or recreational use, but I am talking about the other 33, 000 uses of marijuana plant, you can make jeans fabrics from it, paper from it, oil.
If Ghana’s economy is struggling and there is a plant, that is not meant to be used on the streets of Ghana, let’s plant it and export it to the streets where they use it and collect money from them, because they have legalized it there and they use it so why not send it to them, you can say you have banned it for people not to smoke it in the streets, but a farmer who has acres of marijuana should be able to grow it, packages it and send to who buys it and make money for the economy.”
I have smoked ‘wee’ before and I wouldn’t deny it, I can’t say I quit because I don’t remember the last time I said I don’t or haven’t smoked before, I wouldn’t say yes and I wouldn’t say no, because it would depend on my mood, I smoked wee this year in Seattle-USA because its legal there, its legal in Holland and a lot of other countries.
