The recreational pleasures that ordinary islanders enjoy have become synonymous with the name dancing to the heavily rhythmic musical beat ; taking a little marijuana ( or ganja , as it 's known here ) , which many Jamaicans view as a kind of medicinal herb ; or simply sitting back and chatting with friends on a bench or street corner , where the situation is described as Irie the equivalent of Everything 's just fine !
Jamaicans view ganja as the devil .