Cannabis Playlist: #2 – Peter Tosh – “Legalize it”

At the request of readers – because we also hear you – the following entry in our playlist is the pro-legalization anthem by Wailer Peter Tosh, vocal activist and nonconformist of various causes, who managed to release this album “Legalize it” in 1976, after asking for funding to a Miami dealer. Tosh may not be as famous as his partner and (disappointing) friend Marley, but he was the author of many of the band's lyrics and for many he deserves an even greater place in reggae history.

He will also go down in universal history for being a pioneer in defending the medicinal properties of ganja with lyrics like this song, precisely: “It's good for the flu, Good for asthma, Good for tuberculosis, Even umara composis [menstrual pain]. Got to legalize it, Don't criticize it!” Visionary and revolutionary, the one and only Peter “Wailer” Tosh…

#2 – Peter Tosh – “Legalize it”

#1 – Bob Marley, “Ganja Gun”