Rebel salutes weed exemption status
Rebel Salute has become the second entertainment event to be granted exemption status under the amendment to the Dangerous Drugs Act.
The two-day reggae festival to be held at Richmond Estate in Priory, St Ann, from January 15 to 16 follows behind the recent staging of the Cannabis Cup in Negril which was the first to receive exemption since the decriminalisation of ganja in Jamaica.
Making the announcement at the launch of Rebel Salute at the Marriot Courtyard Hotel in New Kingston on Thursday Justice Minister Mark Golding noted that the festival continues to live by the fundamental aspects of the Rastafari ‘livity’ which qualifies it for exemption.
“Under the legislative changes the use of marijuana as a sacrament allows for exempt status. I am, therefore, pleased to announce that Rebel Salute will be the first event for 2016 which will receive exemption based on the recommendation of an advisory...
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