Time come for ganja decriminalisation
Delano Seiveright, Guest Columnist
Unsurprisingly, a recent survey showed the majority of Jamaicans in support of ganja decriminalisation - a fillip to the growing local and international movement pushing for sensible reforms to our laws that will reduce human-rights abuses, spur economic activity by complementing existing industries, and creating new ones, especially in research and development.
The Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices survey commissioned by the Professor Henry Lowe-led Bio-Tech R&D Institute and Pelican Publishers and executed by prominent pollster Don Anderson and his team over the last several weeks, I pray, would be the finale to a drawn-out debate that has carried us around in glorious circles.
Among the major findings of the survey are that 57 per cent of all persons claim to have used ganja at some time in the past; 55 per cent are in favour of relaxing the laws so that it is no longer a...
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