{"id":101126,"date":"2019-05-22T07:11:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T04:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=101126"},"modified":"2019-05-22T05:36:17","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T02:36:17","slug":"lets-legalize-marijuana-in-kenya-morgan-heritage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/lets-legalize-marijuana-in-kenya-morgan-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s legalize marijuana in Kenya- Morgan Heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaican singers Gramps and Peter Morgan who are part of the popular reggae group Morgan Heritage, have urged the government to legalize weed because it has no side effects.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Milele FM, Heritage urged Kenyans to just give it time and government will legalise marijuana.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8221;Marijuana does different things to different people. I understand the medical aspect, so we put that above all things. It is just a matter of time, and they should be allowing it for medicinal purposes. It has actually been proven it has more benefits than harm&#8221; Peter Morgan said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Campaign<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-86194\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Morgan-Heritage.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Morgan-Heritage.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Morgan-Heritage-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/Morgan-Heritage-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The group becomes the latest to campaign for the drug after several other figures publicly urged the government to legalize it. 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