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Justify the weed - Justice minister to make constitutional case for revising ganja law
Daraine Luton, Senior Staff Reporter
WITH JAMAICA'S Ministry of Justice positioning itself to seek approval from Cabinet for the decriminalisation of marijuana, government Senator Mark Golding said the country is to advance constitutional justification to its international partners for the revision of the law.
Golding, the country's justice minister, said his ministry is giving active consideration to reforming the law relating to ganja in Jamaica.
Responding to questions posed in the Senate by Robert Montague yesterday, Golding said the revised law would permit the possession of small amounts of ganja, about two ounces, for recreational use.
However, the Attorney General's Department provided the justice ministry with a legal opinion indicating that Jamaica would have to advance constitutional justification to its international partners for the decriminalisation of marijuana.
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Golding said Jamaica is a party to at least two international treaties which criminalise certain forms of conduct, such as...
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