Jamaica has always had ganja. Now it has the mushrooms too — and a growing number of retreats are finally putting them together.
I’m taking a massive bong rip in the middle of a group sesh when a cop suddenly shows up unannounced right behind me. Alarm bells go off – the last time something like this happened, I ended up in the back of a police cruiser staring down any number of potential unsavory outcomes.
Except that we’re in Jamaica, and the cop is coming to drop in on his friend Wabba, owner of the joint and master traditional steam chalice packer.
This time it’s different. Instead of bringing the weight of the drug war down upon me, the cop is offering a fist bump while making the rounds to converse with the various locals sitting in on our sesh. I exhale a plume of vapor and relax my shoulders before passing the chalice to the left – never, ever pass it to the right in accordance with local custom.
Welcome to Wabba’s Weed Adventure, a generations-old cannabis farm and tourist experience just outside of Negril, Jamaica. In late October 2025, Jamaica was struck by Hurricane Melissa — a Category 5 storm and the strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the country’s recorded history — causing extensive damage to island infrastructure and crops. Coconut trees were ripped from their foundations, and whole ganja farms were uprooted and blown into oblivion. But like the resilient character of the Jamaican people, the cannabis operation at Wabba’s has rebounded and is thriving again.
Today, we’re touring a field of ‘Wabba’s Purple’ plants in full bloom. Our group has traveled from different corners of the United States to experience this farm tour as an added feature of a psilocybin mushroom retreat, …
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Author: Dennis Walker / High Times
