SMOKING HERB
For better or worse, no individual in history is more closely associated with
smoking marijuana – or “herb,” as it’s called in Rastafarian culture – than Bob
Marley. Indeed, you would be hard-pressed to find a college dormitory anywhere in
the United States without at least one poster of Bob “lighting up” proudly displayed
on a dorm room wall. But, it’s important to note that Marley did not just enjoy weed
as a recreational habit. He was instead a staunch supporter of the plant’s
meditational, spiritual and healing abilities, and a fierce opponent to those
(“political forces”) who tried using marijuana as a vehicle for oppression, and to
keep certain groups of people out of the societal mainstream.