Ghanaian rapper-Kwaw Kese appeared before a Kumasi Court this morning, after he was arrested over the weekend in Kumasi for smoking weed.
According to NYDJLive.Com reporting from Kumasi, “a request by Kwaw Kese’s counsel led by Lawyer Nana Kwasi Boaitey to grant him bail was rejected by the court presided over by Judge William Boampong after persecutors argued that they were still investigating the matter.”
Kwaw who has been charged with the use of narcotic drug without permission is due to reappear in Court on Monday, 8th December, 2014.
If convicted, Kwaw could face a prison sentence—or a heavy fine.
Kwaw Kese’s arrest has started a discussion among certain industry persons on social media as to whether weed should be legalized in Ghana or not…
I dont even know what to say…
All this for smoking weed? Carry 12.5 kgs of cocaine through the airport and nothing happens to you. Smoke a little weed and you have agyei koti on your case with handcuffs .What sort of mickey mouse country is this? A bizzaro world where serious drug dealers attend lavish parties and drive expensive cars and get saluted by the same police officers. They should arrest all the local herbalists as well who burn various leaves and inhale them. Stupid country, stupid laws.
Useless Police and Government. Politicians are squandering the state money and we dont see them in handcuffs. Thank God im outta this nonsense system
Okay, now u guys r doing too much. Breezy even did it infront of thousands yet he freely came bk to the U.S. Remanding Kwaw still won’t clear the fact that u guys are inefficient & sometimes useless
Legalize weed now. How can a weed smoker spend 20 years in prison and armed robbers get the same amount of jail time? The system is so messed up.
A nation full of ostriches and built on the foundation of indescribably alarming hypocrisy….. While America and many other enlightened countries such as holland, Germany, Belgium, France, Australia , India , check republic etc, are busily legalizing weed, we’re sitting our poverty stricken ass’s out here and busily criminalizing it…are we now purporting to be wiser than these afore mentioned countries? If we indeed are wiser, then the questions still remains , why do we run to them for help in the management of our economy and for the provision of very basic social amenities such as water and light which we haven’t been able to provide for ourselves after many years of being a so called independent country, I started using cannabis since I was 15 and now I’m 28 years pursuing my masters degree in business administration after a successful first degree in procurement management securing for myself a second class honors , I have personally not realized any ill effects from the use of cannabis sativa …which is an ancient herb discovered by Chinese Emperor Shen Nung in 2727 B.C. Ancient Greeks and Romans were also familiar with cannabis, while in the Middle East, use spread throughout the Islamic empire to North Africa. So folks thats a little history to refresh our memory, extensive research has proved beyond all reasonable doubt that cannabis sativa, though having tested positive for its hallucinatory ingredient , is not a causative factor of mental disorders Which is the main argument against the use of GANJA, else I believe the Bob marley’s , Joseph hill’s , burning spears and even our own shatta wale, samini and Kwawkesse would’ve have been mad long ago…. Major conditions that triggers mental disorders include heredity/ genetics, biological disorders, environmental stressors and psychological traumas… This is the Age of Enlightenment guess it’s about time we lose ourselves from the mental slavery, we all know the adverse effects of alcohol yet it is openly advertised and soled in almost every corner of our country, are you surprised with number of accidents on our roads? The bottom line is marijuana is a herb,and just like many other drugs on the market from chloroquine to amodaiquine …. Some people may have reactions after it’s usage, it doesn’t mean however that those drugs must be criminalized … Let’s us remove the cobwebs in our heads and think straight just like our foreign compatriots and regulate the use of marijuana from which taxes could be derived for revenue generation rather than the easiest and laziest Option of imposing further taxes on the already overloaded petroleum products….since it’s obviously gonna remain in High demand until the end of time….STOP criminalizing and incarcerating innocent users for using this Ancient herb because there is no moral or scientific justification for doing so …ironically the lady who exported 12.5 kilos of cocaine was aided by the same security officials….. So help we God!
Hmmmm…. scarcity of words….wish u well though