{"id":423299,"date":"2017-09-29T03:01:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T03:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/29\/the-marijuana-fight-has-to-go-on-blakk-rasta\/"},"modified":"2017-09-29T03:01:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T03:01:52","slug":"the-marijuana-fight-has-to-go-on-blakk-rasta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/29\/the-marijuana-fight-has-to-go-on-blakk-rasta\/","title":{"rendered":"The marijuana fight has to go on \u2013 Blakk Rasta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Thursday, 28 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>3news.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-09-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/41027206.295.jpg\" alt=\"Brastanew2809\" title=\"Brastanew2809\" width=\"295\" height=\"233\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Blakk Rasta<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385179598\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385179598\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1506654112_338_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Musician and radio host Blakk Rasta has revealed that he has never smoked Indian Hemp popularly known as weed in his life.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Mikki Osei Berko on satirical talk show \u2018After Hours\u2019 on TV3 last Friday, Blakk Rasta argued that there are so many benefits associated with the use of marijuana, urging government to consider its legalization.<\/p>\n<p>The marijuana advocate was dragged before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee last year after he accused MPs of being hypocritical for not supporting his campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Blakk Rasta wondered why government is dragging its feet on legalizing a \u201cGod-given herb\u201d which could generate so much revenue for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Blakk Rasta also revealed that he will make a return to radio next month.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAfterhoursgh%2Fvideos%2F172684709959614%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: -1 updated by: 49 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entertainment of Thursday, 28 September 2017 Source: 3news.com 2017-09-28 play videoBlakk Rasta &#13; Musician and radio host Blakk Rasta has revealed that he has never smoked Indian Hemp popularly known as weed in his life. 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