HERE in Trinidad and Tobago, people have been taking "pot" shots at university professor and Independent Senator, Dr Kenneth (Ken) Ramchand, for advocating the decriminalisation of marijuana. The poor professor was subjected to considerable verbal abuse for admitting to substance abuse during his sojourn as a student enjoying the heights of the Mona Campus in Jamaica.

Some critics considered him a "naughty" professor for having used the drug. Others think he is a "nutty" professor for admitting, in the Senate, that he had used pot. There are others yet again who consider him a "potty" professor, not so much because of his association with the illegal substance, but because of his claims about its beneficial effects. They feel that his arguments on behalf of making the drug legal belong to the receptacle of that name.

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