There's been a lot on my mind lately, starting with some international organisation calling Jamaica a druggist's paradise.

While the sentiment may not sound nice, I wouldn't say the speaker is totally unfair. Let's face it, Jamaica is known for having 'di good high grade', and if you go to football matches or other events, you're bound to see (and smell) the product. Imagine what a BBC reporter would think if a man chanting 'hundred dollar a bag' were to walk by him selling the herb like it was banana chips or bag juice? What do you expect?

On the topic of weed, I wonder how long Michael Phelps has been smoking it. Recently, the United States swimmer was caught 'bunning a chilum pipe'. To our knowledge, no current Jamaican athlete has ever been linked to 'the skunk'. I wonder if Phelps was ever high on the leafy stuff while he was competing? Hey, maybe he hallucinated and thought he was being chased by sharks, hence the reason he swam so fast. Or maybe he thought that there were mermaids at the other side of the pool, so he made like a torpedo and wanted to get to them first.

High times

Don't know if there was any inhaling of some 'good sensi' by the English cricket team, which would explain their batting (or lack thereof) in the second innings of the first Test against the Windies.

But then again, sensi is allegedly helpful in sporting endeavours so maybe they got some low-grade stuff from an unscrupulous dealer looking to make a few pounds. Poor old Paul Collingwood must really have been dazed when he was coming back for a second run before he realised he had been bowled! Poor ting! The umpire who gave Darren Powell out (even after television replays showed he wasn't) may need to visit 'a pharmacist' as well.

'Daggering'

Finally, there's the whole furore with the banning of songs with certain material. (Darn, that means I'll have to erase the 'daggering' song I was writing).

Anyway, I think the Broadcasting Commission had to do something; I'm just not sure if this is it. But let's say the electronic media complies, I know some soca songs that are quite 'suggestive'. So maybe the artistes don't use any indecent words, but the sentiment is clear. Will there be action against soca then? Maybe. And don't get me started on the dancing which looks very much like 'daggering' to me!

Furthermore, there are many songs (from all genres) that may have words that, while not defined as profane, may still be considered too risqué for airing. So, five minutes' worth of song down the drain because you can't bleep one word even a nun would use? Aah! Decisions, decisions!

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