Bob Marley Raised A Really Good Question About Marijuana Prohibition

Reggae superstar Bob Marley passed away 34 years ago Monday at the age of 36.

On Feb. 6 of this year -- which would have been his 70th birthday -- people around the world celebrated the impact Marley made during his time on earth by honoring his music and his beliefs. According to Reuters, Jamaicans remembered the musician with a jam session, and Marley's family is launched a "feel good social video movement" to honor Marley's vision of a better world.

Many remember Marley for his public embrace of marijuana and his belief in its healing powers. Marley's website describes the musician as "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."

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