Moroccan kif, Nepalese ganja and Bolivian marching powder such labels add cosmopolitan glamour to a seedy business.

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But consumption of coke and crack is still a minority taste in Jamaica and even ganja-smoking Rastafarians denounce its corrosive social effects.

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With the raids imminent, the Committee of Concerned Citizens and Ganja Farmers sat down on November 17th with the island's highly respectable Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

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The company's Leafly iPhone and Android apps, among the most popular of a burgeoning class of electronic ganja guides, help medical marijuana users chose among more than 500 strains (with names like Wonka's Bubbilicious and Blue Dream), find nearby dispensaries, and then post their reviews.

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