Reggae musician and radio broadcaster, Blakk Rasta has questioned the Criminal Investigation Department’s decision to burn confiscated marijuana, cocaine, and other illegal narcotics on the Osu beach.
On Friday, August 9, 2024, during his radio show Urban Blend on 3FM, Blakk Rasta criticized the reasoning behind the destruction of narcotics, arguing that it defied logic since the drugs could have been exported to countries like the US, where marijuana is legalized.
“Where is the sense in this? You go to Holland and ask the people to give you money. They sell weed and give you money. You go to America, in a lot of the states they have legalised marijuana,” he said.
Blakk Rasta further suggested that the marijuana could be utilized more productively by infusing it into confectionery items like cakes and toffees, which could then be sold internationally, or used as a base for pharmaceutical drugs.
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“Now you have free marijuana instead of processing it like cake, beautiful cake, you can even turn it into weed toffee and sell it out to people in whose countries this is very legal. Heroin and cocaine. Have we stopped using these in our pharmacies? Can’t we turn those into drugs and medicines?” he stated
Blakk Rasta, known for his outspoken views on politics and social issues, criticized the open burning of contraband drugs without proper incineration, citing its harmful impact on the ecosystem and environment. He expressed dismay that the police and narcotics control officials chose to burn the drugs on the beach, which he found particularly disturbing.
Following an order from the Accra Circuit Court, a joint operation by officers from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service, along with the Narcotics Control Commission(NACOC) undertook an operation to set ablaze large quantities of confiscated drugs at Osu Beach, behind the Black Star Square in Accra.
The confiscated drugs comprising 242 sacks of marijuana, 16 kilogrammes of cocaine, and buckets of heroin was burnt as part of Ghana’s efforts to combat the production, sale, and use of narcotic substances.
The Circuit Court’s Registrar, Mr. Prosper Kingsley Damankah, oversaw the disposal of the illicit substances to help dismantle drug trafficking networks.
