Wednesday, 8. October 2014
Topic: DRUGS - on October 8, 2014 at 4:52:00 PM CEST
Legal ganja in Jamaica: After 100 years of prohibition, they’re legalizing pot
Jamaica’s justice minister said Tuesday that legislation has been drafted to decriminalize marijuana on the Caribbean island where the drug has been pervasive but prohibited for a century.
Mark Golding told reporters that lawmakers should make possession of 2 ounces or less a petty offense before the end of 2014. He also expects decriminalization for religious purposes to be authorized by then, allowing adherents of the homegrown Rastafarian spiritual movement to ritually smoke marijuana, which they consider a “holy herb,” without fear of arrest.
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