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JAMAICA CONSIDERS CALLS TO DECRIMINALISE USE OF GANJA

Jamaica: Spliff Society - Jamaica Considers Calls To: "Rastafarian priest Headley Samuel holds up a stem of pungent marijuana and reveals his recipe for bliss: 'Fast, breakfast, drink aloe vera and smoke ganja.' His routine, which he says takes him to 'the highest spiritual realm', makes him a lawbreaker. But soon that may change. Jamaica, the largest producer of cannabis in the Caribbean, is considering decriminalising use of the drug.

A seven-member government commission has examined possible reforms of the nation's anti-drug laws, which some police complain clog up courts and jails with marijuana-related cases.

Possession of ganja, as it is known in Jamaica, can be punished with imprisonment. Some Jamaicans consider that disproportionate and a recent newspaper poll revealed that Jamaicans rate smoking above drinking as a way to wind down."

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