High Time For Jamaica's Marijauna Tourism About Face
Jamaican government officials are taking steps to embrace marijuana-based tourism activity in the country following April’s launch of a law reducing possession of two ounces or less to a violation punishable via ticket, but not a criminal offense.
Wykeham McNeill, the county’s minister of tourism, called the reforms “historic and revolutionary,” saying they place Jamaica among a handful of countries to enact similar legislation. McNeill was speaking at a Negril conference on the new “ganja law,” formally known as theDangerous Drugs Amendment Act 2015.
“In years to come, we will look back (with pride) at what has happened here in Jamaica and the changes that have taken (place with) how we treat cannabis,” he said in a report on the government-run Jamaica Information Service website. “We are ahead of the curve.”
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