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Jodi-Ann Gilpin, Gleaner Writer
When hundreds of people are hauled before the courts weekly for ganja use, when they are jailed or asked to pay a fine, or when Rastafarians are arrested for using the herb as sacrament, attorney-at-law Lord Anthony Gifford has a problem with it. To him, charging people for ganja use is a serious human-rights issue.
Speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum at the newspaper's North Street offices in Kingston yesterday, he said the time has come to look at the real benefits of the substance and be practical.
"I see this as a serious human-rights issue," he told the forum.
He said criminal law should intervene to prevent people from harming each other and to punish them when they do. However, it should not interfere where a substance is responsibly used and no one is harmed.
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He continued: "This is not just a philosophical...
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