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HE won't be at the World Cannabis Cup in Negril this week, but British deejay Macka B fully supports the event which, based on Jamaican law, would have been unlikely up to early last year.

Coordinated by Rastafari Rootzfest and High Times magazine, the World Cannabis starts today and ends Sunday at Long Bay Beach Park in the resort town.

Ganja aficionados are expected to attend the event which was first held in 1988 by High Times, a monthly publication that has stridently called for the legalisation of ganja for 40 years.

"It's a positive step; the ultimate is for people to grow their own herb," said Macka B. "For Jamaica, which has the reputation for the best herb in the world, this is a great thing."

The World Cannabis Cup was launched in Kingston in October, six months after the Jamaican Government announced it would decriminalise the use of...

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