The Rastafarian community in Guyana is calling for the setting up of a National Marijuana Commission.

At the last meeting of the Guyana Rastafari Council held at the F.E. Pollard School on August 24, 2014, members called on the Government to immediately implement the mandate of the last CARICOM Heads of Government meeting that each CARICOM member state set up a National Marijuana Commission to complement the Regional Marijuana Commission to look at decriminalising marijuana for medical, religious and recreational purposes.

At the meeting, another resolution passed endorsed the work of the Guyana Reparations Committee in coming up with the correct historical narrative for Guyana, among other things, as part of the CARICOM Reparations Claim.

Members also expressed concerns over the general allocation of land in Guyana and are calling on members of the Rastafari community to utilise the land in more organic agricultural pursuits for food security.
This is in light of recent concerns raised about genetically-modified seeds and food entering the Guyana food chain.

The Guyana Rastafari Council is about to embark on the process of building its headquarters in Georgetown, and developing an agricultural project on the outskirts of Linden.  The pioneering community organisation will be holding its Annual General Meeting and election of new office bearers on December 21, 2014.