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Jamaica:
Lawmakers
Consider
Decriminalization
of
Marijuana,
Medical
Marijuana
Research
Facility
7/30/99
(courtesy NORML Foundation,
http://www.norml.org)
July 29, 1999, Kingston,
Jamaica: The Jamaican Senate is considering legislation that would
make the possession of small amounts of marijuana a non-criminal offense
and establish a research center to study the drug's medical potential.
"It cannot be right and it cannot be just to continue to criticize Jamaicans
for private, personal use [of marijuana], while more toxic substances,
namely alcohol and cigarettes, used in public in excessive quantities attract
no criminal sanction," said Sen. Trevor Munroe (Independent), who is backing
both measures. A Joint Select Committee of Parliament first recommended
Jamaica decriminalize marijuana in 1977. That committee also endorsed
allowing doctors to legally prescribe marijuana. Parliament failed
to enact either recommendation. Senator Munroe's motion would establish
a similar government committee to study the marijuana issue.
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Issue #101, 7/30/99
House Reinstates "Social Riders" in District of Colombia Appropriations Bill | New Mexico Republicans Stop Short of Repudiating Governor | Jamaica: Lawmakers Consider Decriminalization of Marijuana, Medical Marijuana Research Facility | Clinton Administration Proposes Changes to Methadone Regulations | Army Spy Plane Disappears Over Colombia, Speculation of Coming US Intervention Abounds | Australian State to Open Legal Heroin Injecting Room | DEA Chief Acknowledges Agency's Ineffectiveness | Newsbriefs | Senate Considering Raising Methamphetamine Penalties | Editorial: Body Bags
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