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What are Tosh’s legacies that are preserved happened in the U.S. and in Jamaica. He was
with the establishment of this museum? an intellectual. He sang about the medicinal
Peter was, and continues to be, an advocate benefits and spoke about the science behind
for human rights. After all, he was a Wailer; cannabinoids long before people even knew
he was a man that sang about the injustice the word cannabis.
in education, the hypocrisy of the criminal The Peter Tosh Museum is open Monday
justice system and the plights of the under- through Friday 9:30am–6:00pm, Saturday
privileged. Before it was popular opinion, he 10:00am–6:00pm, and is closed Sundays. It is
made a public stance on apartheid and was located at Pulse Centre, 38a Trafalgar Road,
unapologetic when it came to voicing his Kingston, Jamaica. For more information, visit
message. My father was also an advocate for petertosh.com/museum.
the legalization of cannabis. His advocacy
for the legalization of cannabis has played *All photos provided courtesy of the
a role in the legislative measures that have Peter Tosh Museum.
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