A Rastafari movement has blasted Reverend Dr Lucille Baird for suggesting that legalizing marijuana had the potential to destroy society.
Speaking recently, Baird condemned what she called the sudden introduction of medical marijuana legislation as Barbadians were grappling with economic challenges.
“While Barbadians were under the anaesthesia of the Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) programme, and anxious about the layoffs and the other issues associated with that, they got injected with legalized medical marijuana,” she said.
“. . . It can potentially cause long-term devastating effects on this nation, as other much bigger countries have experienced since making similar moves,” Baird, the head of Mount Zion Missions also added.
However, spokesperson for the Ichirouganaim Council for the Advancement of Rastafari (ICAR) Adonijah has refuted those suggestions.
Referring to Baird’s comments as “ignorant misinformation” Adonijah said Baird had no such evidence to support her claims.
“Dr Lucille Baird blithely speaks of the ‘devastating effect on this nation as much bigger countries have experienced’ if cannabis is decriminalized, without bothering to provide a scrap of evidence.
“Here is a question for her. Has she heard of any ‘devastating effects’ in Canada since legalization? What about Holland and Uruguay?” Adonijah questioned.
While pointing out that marijuana had been used in several homeopathic medicines in North America since 1937, he said the Church continued to show a bias towards the natural plant.
In fact, Adonijah contended that while the Church continued to oppose the use of marijuana, it was silent on the use of alcohol, which he argued had been proven to affect people’s health as well as to be potentially fatal.
“The demonstrated bias of the Church against a natural plant becomes even more curious when one considers its stance on alcohol. While even critics of cannabis are saying that “enough is not known” about cannabis, there can be no doubt about what is known about manufactured alcohol products,” Adonijah stated.
“The whole world knows that excess alcohol makes people badly ill, kills people, is responsible for many accidents on the road, is responsible for much domestic abuse and much more that is negative.
“Do we hear the Church arguing with such hysteria that alcohol should be prohibited, once again? Not a peep! But it is all over cannabis with its bias, misinformation and plain lies. Clearly, the Church is much more comfortable with manufactured alcohol, a product which kills, than it is with cannabis, a plant made by God which heals,” he added.
Well he could really kept his mouth shut. Made no impact at all. Now u c y this people and society r in such a mess. Here we got this man only talking about getting high when we got a multitude of issues/ills affecting this people. He
cannot even talk about thid people
getting in on the potential millions which these drug companies are going to make. Just about getting high.
Now u c y Mis beared should not have even talked as a supposed woman of the cloth who did
not even referenced her god. The
majority of this
people r so dim. We
got women dressing like ho*s, youth going to jail for a chocolate, mock hair, violence etc and all he can talk about is getting high, while Mrs beared pretending to be trying to tackle an inevitable issue which she cannot stop.
Rasta man, I would not use any of those countries as models for legalized marijuana. Uruguay is a basket case, the Dutch is seeing an increase in criminal gangs and Canada only legalized marijuana recently so the jury is still out. You have obviously turned a blind eye to the well publicized adverse health effects of marijuana use especially in the young.
Lucille Baird playing she is God Almighty
I find it hard to believe that people are so ignorant… For anything to be illegal it had to be legal.
Marijuana is a plant created by the CREATED, not man.
It is written that man has no regards for the operation of God’s hands… It is also written in Genesis chapter 1verse 29,behold I have given every green herb bearing seed, to you it should be for meat…
Marijuana is a berb bearing seed plant.
Any fight taken up against marijuana should be taken against him who created it… Many of you so-called Christians have joined with a system that once came together and crucified Christ, that same system has turned it’s fight against a plant created by God and you have continue to give it strength making friends of this world. It is written in the book of James chapter 4,verse 4 that a friend of this world is an enemy of God.
Every time one fight against marijuana one is defending the system and fighting against God… Our Lord and saviour said, all who is not with me is against me.
So I say to you that all who are against the Creator’s creation is against the Creator.
Canada is experiencing problems. The info is coming to light and my friend in Canada gives me snippets of information.
Any moves forward on the medical marijuana issue, must be guided by deep studies of what is happening in Canada. There marijuana has been legalized and is regulated. Barbados authorities must pay attention to happening there. People should read the Toronto Star newspaper for updates on the marijuana business in Canada. Personally, I don’t know why persons see the need to smoke marijuana. Nothing but dope heads. I recently witnessed a stationed car outside a country shop, with people inside. A man behind the wheel started lighting a joint, while a woman was in the passenger seat and two children in the back seat. I could not believe my eyes. The vehicle was registered in St.Peter. I could just imagine that druggie driving home on our roads after a smoke.Another thing. Why do people who smoke marijuana daily all look like monsters from a late night movie, with besotted faces. I dare say guerrillas. Anybody notice that??
I remember as a child growing Adonijah was my role model especially by the song he penned in uplifting females, had such great respect and honour for him but then in adulthood I realize these men are not true, they have somewhat good in them but holds fast to that which is enormously bad bringing one crushing to the ground
never again will I set one as a role model neither teach those under me to seek one for there is none good but the Almighty God, look to Him and Him alone
mankind is such a disappointment when they hold doctrines contrary to what our Creator commanded, such a waste.
to answer your question Johnny Crow that is the demon which totally takes over there personality & appearance, see they all look like who they worship
be bless in Christ’s love
Once again JOHNNY CROW: You are “on point”. Anything taken into the human body that causes a fake sense of reality is not good for you. Weather it is legal or illegal.
@Ras Simeon. You have woefully taken the afore mentioned Bible verses out of context to advance your twisted logic. As they say, a text out of context in isolation from its co-text is a PRETEXT.
If I were, for the sake of argument, follow your logic that all herbs given by God to man are good for the personal use, then I guess the dopers should cut their marijuana with Hemlock. After all, Hemlock is natural and it would sure solve the problem of ILLEGAL drug use.
@ Sheron Innis im writing this from Canada, Toronto to be specific, what are these problems Canada is facing because of legalization? LOL fake news, legalization has been so successful the rest of the world is scrambeling to legalize and follow the model. Weed in Bim will be legalized its just if we are going to wait until everyone else in the world legalizes first and we loose all the benefits of early legalization?? Bajans need to follow less and lead more