Tag: jamaica
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Caricom leaders to debate marijuana legalization
Friday, 07 March 2014
Researchers with a Caribbean trade bloc have found that decriminalizing marijuana and exploring its use for medicinal purposes could help boost the region's sluggish economy. Caricom leaders are expe ...
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Jamaica to decriminalise ganja by year end - gov't official
Saturday, 22 February 2014
Jamaica is to decriminalise ganja by year end as the government moves to capitalise on the booming marijuana trade internationally, said Science and Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell. The minister ...
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Why is Raymond Pryce so high on ganja?
Monday, 27 January 2014
Raymond Pryce, the North East St Elizabeth member of parliament, is not only a lobbyist for decriminalisation /legalisation of ganja. He plans to optimise on his grandmother's remedies, once the Jama ...
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Local medical marijuana firm to open next week
Saturday, 30 November 2013
History is expected to be created next week when Jamaica's first medical marijuana company, which is intended to be instrumental in extracting the medicinal value from the addictive elements of ganja ...
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Most Jamaicans support ganja decriminalisation - study
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
A recent study has found that a majority of Jamaica’s population may be in support of relaxing the laws prohibiting the use of marijuana. The study, which was conducted by pollster Don Anderson, reve ...
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Follow Colorado on ganja
Thursday, 07 November 2013
The sky hasn't fallen in either Colorado, Washington State or anywhere over the United States. And it won't in Jamaica. It is high time, therefore, that our Government end the procrastination and leg ...
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Gov't actively looking into reforming ganja law
Sunday, 27 October 2013
Justice Minister Mark Golding has said consideration is being given to reforming the law relating to ganja in Jamaica to allow its use, but within certain parameters. Those boundaries include possess ...
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Weed: Decriminalise to stabilise
Saturday, 26 October 2013
Jamaica's current volatile security environment and its economic malaise are reasons enough to seriously consider joining their Latin American counterparts to debate a raft of new policy options, not ...
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Justify the weed - Justice minister to make constitutional case for revising ganja law
Saturday, 26 October 2013
With Jamaica's Ministry of Justice positioning itself to seek approval from Cabinet for the decriminalisation of marijuana, the justice minister Mark Golding said the country is to advance constituti ...
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Lawmakers give nod to decriminalisation of ganja
Tuesday, 08 October 2013
Lawmakers in Jamaica gave the nod to Raymond Pryce's motion calling for the decriminalisation of ganja following two weeks of debate which saw members on the government side split on the issue. Despi ...
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Cabinet to consider changes to ganja laws
Sunday, 06 October 2013
Justice Minister Mark Golding says international events and changes in the United States - the chief opponent of Jamaica's decriminalisation efforts over the years - make this the right time for lawm ...
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Jamaica lawmakers debate pot decriminalization
Monday, 23 September 2013
Lawmakers in Jamaica debated a proposal to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal use by adults, where many islanders are expressing weariness with current drug polic ...
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Gutless governments
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Successive administrations are being accused of spinelessness in the pursuit of any venture aimed at legitimately utilising marijuana products in health and tourism to catapult Jamaica's limping econ ...
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Shame, classism still define ganja smoking
Saturday, 31 August 2013
Advocates for the decriminalisation at a recent Gleaner Editors' Forum said it was unfortunate that the image of ganja users has remained the same for years, when usage cuts across all social classes ...
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Ganja legalisation gaining traction
Monday, 05 August 2013
The world is watching, with keen eyes, as legislators in Montevideo inch ever so close to making Uruguay the first country ever to legalise the production, sale and use of ganja. The bill narrowly pa ...
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Legalise ganja to treat HIV, cancer, doctors tell gov't
Saturday, 22 December 2012
Marcus Day of the Caribbean Drug and Alcohol Research Institute believes the time has come for regional governments to legalise marijuana to counteract the spread of HIV. "We encourage the crack smok ...
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Is the war on drugs in the Caribbean going up in smoke?
Thursday, 26 July 2012
With the decimation of St Lucia’s banana industry due to the collapse of preferential trade agreements with Europe, land which was once used to cultivate bananas is now being used to grow marijuana, ...
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Jamaica panel to review pot decriminalization
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
Top government officials will review recommendations to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana for personal and religious use in Jamaica. Six Cabinet ministers in Prime Minister Bruce ...
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Crack Heads and Roots Daughters
Tuesday, 01 January 2002
An ethnographic study of women and drug use in inner city neighborhoods in Kingston, Jamaica, revealed that cannabis is commonly used in conjunction with crack cocaine to minimize the undesirable eff ...
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