Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic use of marijuana. But the tiny islands of Antigua and Barbuda recently ...

The acrid and distinct smell of marijuana rises and blends with the scent of raw unprocessed coffee that is brewing in Kevin Nduati’s home in Nairobi’s Utawala estate. It is a few minutes past 9am and ...

LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane, Rastafari on this small island nation are now legally growing and ritualistically smoking ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — For Rastafari, the ritualistic smoking of marijuana brings them closer to the divine. But for decades, many have been incarcerated because of their use of cannabis. COLUMBUS, ...

Taking a deep draw on a pipe that glows with burning marijuana, reggae luminary Bunny Wailer gives a satisfied grin through a haze of aromatic smoke in his concrete yard painted in the red, green, ...

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. >> THIS ONE HERE IS THE ONE I LIKE THE BEST TODAY. >> TO MOST PEOPLE, IT IS MARIJUANA, BUT JESSE SCHWORCK CONSIDERS IT A RELIGIOUS SACRAMENT, PART OF THE WORSHIP AT THIS RASTAFARIAN ...

"Most ritual smoking does not take place in official places of worship, but in people's yards and on street corners. Can a single Rasta smoking a spliff in any location claim religious use privileges?