{"id":59623,"date":"2019-01-30T12:16:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T12:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=59623"},"modified":"2019-01-29T23:51:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T23:51:53","slug":"john-dumelo-pleads-with-authorities-to-legalize-marijuana-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/john-dumelo-pleads-with-authorities-to-legalize-marijuana-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"John Dumelo Pleads With Authorities To Legalize Marijuana In Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo talks about marijuana. According to him, Ghana has to legalize marijuana<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, according to Dumelo, marijuana has a lot of medical advantages which could benefit the country if legalised.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cWhen you go to some of the western countries, it [Marijuana] has been legalised for health purposes and we can also do same. If alcohol and cigarettes are legal in Ghana, why not marijuana\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also, he stated that authorities can control the abuse of the drug. Furthermore, this is if they research to put up structures and measures to prevent the drug from being abused.<\/p>\n<p>Also, he disclosed that Canada legalised marijuana in October 2018. Therefore, they put up measures to prevent people from abusing the drug.<\/p>\n<p>The actor who is also an entrepreneur stated that the legalisation of marijuana will not increase crime rates and mental illness in the country but can be used for medicinal purposes.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIf you look at places like Holland, California and Colorado where the drug has been legalised crime rates are low\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian actor, John Dumelo talks about marijuana. According to him, Ghana has to legalize marijuana Moreover, according to Dumelo, marijuana has a lot of medical advantages which could benefit the country if legalised. \u201cWhen you go to some of the western countries, it [Marijuana] has been legalised for health purposes and we can also do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6037,"featured_media":59624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>John Dumelo Pleads With Authorities To Legalize Marijuana In Ghana - Ghafla! 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