You can't be Rastafarian just because you smoke weed. Smoking weed (ganja) is part of the Rastafarian faith.
Pot. But they didn't consider it a drug, it was part of the rastafarian movement.
Yes - no part of the Rastafarian movement makes the dreads spontaneously grow, nor does growing them automatically enroll you in said movement.
The Rastafarian movement
The rastafarian movement started in the 1930's, and while I haven't been able to find a single name responsible for its creation, Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie I was prominent as a messianic figure.
Ganja means: Cannabis.
Ganja is one of the terms used to describe marijuana. The merits of ganja is that it helps in migraine headaches and helps arrest advance glaucoma. The demerits of ganja includes distorted perception and difficulty in thinking and problem solving.
Its Gauja, not Ganja
He was one of the first to preach that Haile Selassie was divine.
Must Be the Ganja was created in 2009.
Ganja Queen was created in 2007.
Ganja khanate ended in 1805.