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Jamaican government to ban smoking of ganja while driving

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 08:55

KINGSTON, Jamaica (JIS) – Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Dr Morais Guy, said a provision is to be added to the Road Traffic Act to prohibit smoking of ganja while driving.

He said if a person smokes ganja while driving or in charge of a motor vehicle on a road or other public place, he or she would be fined J$10,000.

“We feel that we have the obligation and the responsibility to ensure that people who are driving should not be smoking at the same time,” Dr Guy said in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (June 30).

He was closing the debate on the report of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the Road Traffic Act, which was adopted.

The Act seeks to, among other things, implement more stringent regulations to govern the use of the nation’s roadways.

In his contribution to the debate, Minister...

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