It's time to decriminalise ganja
1. Unlike alcohol and tobacco which are legal substances, ganja is illegal in Jamaica. Under the Dangerous Drugs Act, any person who possesses or uses ganja is guilty of an offence and, on convection, shall be sentenced to a fine or imprisonment, or both.
In addition, this person has a criminal record. The sale, purchase, possession, cultivation, trafficking and exportation of ganja are illegal in Jamaica. I am not calling for the use of ganja to be made legal in Jamaica; what I am calling for is the decriminalisation of ganja.
2. What is decriminalisation? Decriminalisation is the removal, reduction or the non-enforcement of penalties. We are calling for the decriminalisation of ganja for private personal use, medicinal and religious purposes. Technically, this occurs in Jamaica as persons are rarely charged for private, personal use in their homes or if they use ganja for medicinal purposes. Groups that use the...
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