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Better hide your Che Guevara t-shirts, lest they brand you a Maoist next. On one hand you can't help but laugh at the thought police of a state are actually linking drug usage to a dead reggae icon and on the other hand you can't help but wonder what will be next on the list all in the name of protecting children. Publicity stunt or not, the Kerala police's decision to go after Marley sounds both hilarious and scary. So they make them think they are working hard in bringing about a solution to the issue' says Jamshir (name changed) to Times of India. The common man thinks weed is as dangerous as chemicals. 'All these stunts won't address the issue. They also say that this is just a stunt on part of Kerala police. They point out that not everyone who listens to Marley is using drugs. Students, however aren't happy at all with this attack on Marley. According to the Open report, the State Youth Commission, has called for a complete ban on Bob Marley T-shirts, keychains, bracelets and other accessories. The song that seems to have linked Marley to drugs is Ganja Gun.Īnd they have support from the government as well. “Bob Marley might be a good musician, but it is indeed true that the drug mafia is using him as an idol to sell their products,” Suhruth Kumar told Open. While some have raised questions and pointed out that the Kerala police's actions are nothing but cultural policing, the police are sticking to their theory.

I have been selling T-shirts for more than 15 years, I never knew that this man is trouble, and that selling such T-shirts is a crime.” One street vendor in Thrissur told Open, “I don’t know who this guy is, but the T-shirts imprinted with his face have huge demand among teenagers. While police are busy confiscating and arresting those vendors who sell anything with Bob Marley on them, the shop keepers themselves are confused. The report also states that 'some policemen actually believe that Marley was a gang leader of an international drug mafia headquartered in Jamaica.' Another a civil police officer NG Suhruth Kumar, who is heading the mission in Thrissur to ‘free’ teenagers of drugs, told the Open Magazine, that they caught over 200 students for using ganja and that most of them had Bob Marley music on their phones. And that explains the link behind the hatred for Marley: anyone who listen to Bob Marley must be smoking weed.

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