Jamaica pledges to decriminalize cannabis ('ganja') "later this year"

Jamaica pledges to decriminalize cannabis ('ganja') “later this year”

Thursday, March 6th 2014 - 21:40 UTC

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Jamaica's Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Taskforce (CCMRT) says it has been given an assurance that the country later this year will decriminalize marijuana as the island seeks to establish a medicinal marijuana industry. Read full article

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Heisenbergcontext
It was just a matter of time before some countries saw the opportunities in the medical marijuana market. Somewhere Robert Nestor Marley & Peter Tosh are sharing a big grin and an even bigger spliff.

Rastaman vibration yeah!
Mar 07th, 2014 - 04:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
Should be fun to see. Every single Jamaican travelling abroad to be stopped, searched, tested, x-rayed. Might get through an airport in 12-24 hours. Depending on the length of the queue. And then it might be straight back on the aircraft and back to Jamaica. With a little check mark against their names. Never to be allowed into wherever.
Mar 07th, 2014 - 06:09 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
So, no change then? Business as usual at Heathrow eh, Conq?
Mar 07th, 2014 - 11:24 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Conqueror
@3 Seems like a good idea. Naturally, the wet-kneed liberals and the druggies yatter on about harmless cannabis is. They would, wouldn't they? Then out comes another report that says, for example, that it destroys the brain. And the younger an individual is when they use it, the more damage it does. It doesn't really matter where you “stand” on this, there are overwhelming reasons for extensive checks, tests and so forth. Leaving aside the actions of dumb governments, who change direction with the wind, the duty of those at the the UK Border is to protect the citizens of the UK. However difficult some governments make that, the actual staff see it as a duty. The problem is that most individuals can't see it. Why are you charging me duty/tax on this carton of cigarettes? Because it's more than you're allowed. But it's just one! And if everyone did it? In 2007, over 68 million people entered the UK through Heathrow. And if every one of them brought “just one” extra carton? And if every one brought “just one” extra bottle? And if every one brought “just one” kilo of unhealthy meat? And if those bringing “ganja” decide to switch to “charlie” or “horse”? Outside, in the street, your wife is mowed down by a driver high on “ganja”? And the judge let's him/her walk free because of their “social problems”? That will be okay with you, will it? And it has already happened. Do you meet up with him/her outside the court and go for a “spliff” to get over it? Here's a good one. Guy intercepted from latam and found to have an internal concealment. Arrested. Lawyer. Interview. Locked away to go through the time-consuming process of producing the physical evidence. Next day, without warning, he dropped dead. And there's the justification. How many people have to DIE? How about the female courier that was thrown out of a car at the side of a motorway, stomach ripped open to get the drugs out? Probably because she was a bit slow. How about a sense of responsibility from you?
Mar 08th, 2014 - 10:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
My dear Conq. My comment was meant to be tongue-in-cheek!

Obviously touched a nerve there....
Mar 09th, 2014 - 12:45 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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