goingrey
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Found this interesting on the Wikipedia page for Cannabis in Jamaica.And, what would be the common ancestor, and how can such a statement be confirmed? And in what time and circumstances would such a common ancestor have arrived in America?
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Cannabis was introduced to Jamaica in the 1850s–1860s by import from licensed businesses often run by Jewish familìes in the Bengal region of India (also now Bangladesh/West Bengal) for consumption by indentured servants during British rule of both nations; many of the terms used in cannabis culture in Jamaica are based on Indian terms, including the term ganja.[2][3][4]
2. Issitt, Micah; Main, Carlyn (16 September 2014). Hidden Religion: The Greatest Mysteries and Symbols of the World's Religious Beliefs. ABC-CLIO. pp. 123–. ISBN 978-1-61069-478-0.
3. Lee, Martin A. (14 August 2012). Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana - Medical, Recreational and Scientific. Simon and Schuster. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-1-4391-0260-2.
4. Kalunta-Crumpton, Anita (25 January 2012). Race, Ethnicity, Crime and Criminal Justice in the Americas. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 219–. ISBN 978-0-230-35805-8.