THE EDITOR, Sir:
IN RESPONSE to Dr. Wendel Abel's article that was published in the Health section of The Gleaner dated March 30, I am among those who do not smoke, nor support the use of ganja and agree that the ganja culture has in some ways gained prominence in garrison and suburban communities.
As a nation, we face a crisis (crime, violence, unemployment and breakdown of social values) in which the people that we have hired have proven to us that they are unable to carry out the task.
Instead of looking at the facts that cover the effects of marijuana (ganja), let's revisit the damage that has been done to the minds and lives of our young Jamaicans.
Crime has increased significantly over the past years without a reduction. Quiet communities are now experiencing an increase in gang-related crimes.
Children are unable to attend schools because parents cannot find a job to finance a household of 20 living in a yard that is surrounded by zinc fences. The men are unproductive. The people are crying out for a change.
As a consultant psychiatrist, I seek ways to develop programmes that will encourage the government to create high-achievement opportunities to help Jamaicans realise the goals of true entrepreneurs.
The aim of such programmes is to raise the achievement and motivation level of potential Jamaicans and business persons, rather than to identify the best techniques for doing so.
The outcome potential entrepreneurs and business persons would become more productive as entrepreneurs, starting or expanding large industries, creating employment for the larger community.
The problem was already there before ganja entered the system and it only stimulates the already untested mind.
I am, etc.,
KADRON T. GREGORY
sunrisegreg@yahoo.com
May Pen,Clarendon
Via Go-Jamaica
