Hi, need to submit a 1500 words essay on the topic Exploratory.Briefly, I considered euthanasia since it is quite a controversial topic. The crucial element in active euthanasia is there should be inf

Hi, need to submit a 1500 words essay on the topic Exploratory.

Briefly, I considered euthanasia since it is quite a controversial topic. The crucial element in active euthanasia is there should be informed consent obtained from the individual before it is carried out.

There is such a thing as luck some call as serendipity. I was looking on Internet sites for any information about a former prime minister of Jamaica,

Mr. Michael Manley who first came to power in 1972 and won again in the national elections of 1976 (two terms). He had studied in the London School of Economics and while there he was influenced by a brilliant professor named Harold Joseph Laski (Mendell 72). He graduated in 1949.

While surfing the Web sites, advertisements about medicinal marijuana kept popping up. In the course of reading about all I can find about Jamaica and Mr. Manley, I stumbled on the curious fact that marijuana is widely used in that country by herbalists who mix it with tea to be used as medicine and smokers who mixed it with tobacco to get closer to their inner self. It is not legal to use marijuana in Jamaica but laws are not enforced strictly. Its usage was first introduced into the country by indentured East Indian laborers who called it ganja.

From that initial information, it got more interesting as I read further about how this particular plant also shaped Jamaican cultural and religious practices. it is believed it is also instrumental in the development of one of Jamaicas most famous exports – reggae music. Its most prominent icon about reggae was Bob Marley who admitted to being a member of Rasta that uses marijuana for its religious ceremonies. He often used to smoke this so-called “funny smoke cigarettes” to get inspired when composing his music in which his album “Exodus” was voted the most outstanding album of the twentieth century, beating the other musician notables like Elvis Presley, John Lennon and Michael Jackson in the process.

Anyway, I