Tag: ganja
80lbs ganja found at sea by weekend boaters
(CNS): Ten packets of suspected ganja have been destroyed after the drug haul was discovered twelve miles off the coast of Seven Mile Beach this weekend, police say. According to the RCIPS, at around 10am on Saturday 23 August, marine officers responded to a call from a member of the public on board a boat near […]
Tennessee governor legalises use of cannabis oil
(CNS): Tennessee has become the latest state in the US to relax laws relating to the medical use of ganja. It’s now legal to use cannabis oil there for limited medical purposes after Governor Bill Haslam gave final approval Monday to what many believe is a step to further legalisation of the plant for wider medicinal […]
Jamaican university plants first legal ganja tree
(CNS): The University of the West Indies (UWI) has planted a ganja plant in the Agora Gardens at the Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research. As the country takes its first step towards becoming the region’s prime producer of medical marijuana, following the recent legislation changes, the UWI is securing its position as the pioneer […]
Ganja more than 100 times safer than booze
(CNS): In one of the most recent studies examining the risks associated with 10 substances, scientists have found that people are 114 times more likely to die from overdosing on alcohol than from ganja. A report, published in the journal Scientific Reports this week, revealed researchers tested doses of the legal drugs, alcohol and nicotine, […]
Washington DC legalises ganja in defiance of congress
(CNS): Following in the footsteps of Alaska, Colorado and Washington state, Washington DC has legalized the possession of small amounts of ganja, despite warnings from Congress. Under the noses of the country’s politicians, the district has defied federal legislators and gone with voice of the people. As of midnight on Thursday, those who use the […]
Third American state legalizes ganja use
(CNS): Alaska has become the third state in the USA to legalize the recreational use of ganja. Although it remains illegal to smoke marijuana in public, the state joins Washington and Colorado in allowing adults to keep and use marijuana, as well as to transport, grow it and give it away. But a second phase, […]
Jamaican university signs MOU on ganja research
(CNS): The University of Technology in Jamaica has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Ganja Labs in the US, with plans to partner with the Colorado-based firm on the science, technology and best practice in the cultivation of medicinal marijuana. According to the Jamaican press, the collaboration will involve development of a multi-million dollar specialist […]
More calls to decriminalise ganja
(CNS): As the police commissioner calls for the consumption and possession of small amounts of ganja to be decriminalised, a local youth activist has also offered support to the idea as a way to remove barriers to employment for many young people. Bonnie Anglin said that Youth ACT supports the decriminalisation of possession and consumption […]
Ganja possession clogging up the system
(CNS): The commissioner of police has said that he wants to see the decriminalisation of the consumption and personal possession of small amounts of ganja because it is clogging up the system, and that as Jamaica begins moves to not only legalise its use for medicinal, therapeutic and religious purposes but also to license production, this […]
New bill paves way for Jamaica’s ganja industry
(CNS): Jamaica’s minister of justice tabled the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2015 in the country’s senate on Friday, paving the way for the decriminalization of the drug’s use for medicinal, religious and personal use. The amendments to the act, brought by Senator Mark Golding, will make the possession of small quantities of ganja, amounting to […]
Jamaica takes next step in ganja decriminalisation
(CNS): Positioning itself to take the lead in the production of ganja in the Caribbean in the face of a worldwide shift in perception about the drug, the Jamaican Senate will be reviewing proposed legislative changes this week regarding its use. Cabinet has approved a bill that legalises the possession of small amounts of marijuana […]
