CUBA
Cuba has done a lot of research using indigenous products.
They were not hampered or constrained by multinational drug corporations or
countries with multibillion dollar advertising and incentive programs. These
are among the positives that came out of the decades of trade embargo against
that country and they realizing the hard way that only they alone can save
themselves with discipline, education, research and hard work. This diabetic
drug i think is only the tip of the Cuban success stories to become the envy of
scientists worldwide. 16/04/15
GANJA
"I got reports from two principals today of students
feeling that ganja is now free and that they can now smoke it, and in one case,
(the principal) had to take more than one student to a nearby hospital for symptoms
of psychosis, “Ronald Thwaites said in his contribution to the 2015/16
Sectoral Debate. Hope they were given
some strong sugar and water and sleep to bring them back and not psychotic
drugs so now they know that ganja is decriminalized but is not for everyone to
drink or smoke. I think at this stage there is need to publish in collaboration
with the ministry of health what to do if one gets an overdose of ganja smoke
also to give an idea of a safe way to smoke ganja for example a spliff versus a
chalice that has a container that water cools the smoke before it enters the
lungs. I think chalices and similar devices to smoke tobacco or ganja may be
now legal as I have seen it being openly used at a Middle eastern restaurant in
Kingston or is it only illegal when in possession of a Jamaican ganja smoker.
This needs clarification on the heels of the decriminalization of up to 2ounces
of marijuana in which case you can only get a Ja$500 ticket. 16/04/15
ISIS
Authorities in Suriname reported that he was denied entry
into that country after it was theorized that he was heading to The
Netherlands, then to Turkey, to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
(ISIS).This case highlights a level of mental slavery, classism and ignorance
among our leaders and perpetuated among our police. This is a child of poor
black rural people and highlighting the fact or fiction of a Quran found at his
house trying to prove the theory of the Surinamese authorities is
unaccepteable. Are we on our way back to that stage in Jamaica when you could
be arrested for being in possession of subversive or communist literature eg
Mao's Little Red Book, The Communist manifesto, anything on Che Guevara or even
Fidel Castro. There are some prominent persons in society who have been
persecuted for either having such literature or even speaking too much and
enlightening persons about their own people.
WALTER RODNEY
Does anyone recall Walter Rodney who wrote a book “how
Europe underdeveloped Africa" deported from Jamaica eventually died in his
own country Guyana. Are we on our way back to those dark ages where now you can
be refused entry to countries and locked up for having a view or literature not
supported by the most powerful countries on earth. Where are the
intellectuals/leadership among us why are they not speaking out some of whom
have suffered, have they all been frightened into a corner of self imposed
ignorance of convenience ? 16/04/15
LEFT OR WRITE
There are rackets being unearthed having to do with
prescription drugs. This is no different from you know "left or
Write" where persons make a rational choices however unethical and immoral
it is.$9000 prescription down to 6000 saving $3000 or a $10000 ticket down to
$4000.With a minimum wage for 40 hour work week $5600 the situation gets even
more serious with the high level of unemployment with most people able to do basic eat a food maths. The
main thing at play here in addition is the basic economics of poverty and
deprivation helping to drive these types of bandoolism/corruption. Are we sure
of exactly what is going on? that needs to straighten out before it can be
tackled meaningfully. For example some months ago a premises in a rural parish
was raided and millions of dollars of uncustomed prescription drugs seized. The
Pharmacy Council of Jamaica, Radcliffe Goulbourne, said "its members
sometimes come across questionable prescriptions, and red flags are raised
" Then what do i ask, will there be an introduction of tamper proof
prescription blanks for all doctors to buy you know 12/04/15
“All people want basic freedom and basic dignity” Barak
Obama 12/04/15
