UWI, Mona campus, planted its first legal ganja (marijuana) plant on April 20, symbolising its position as the pioneer in legally cultivating and researching the benefits of the drug in Jamaica.
Police Commissioner, Dr Carl Williams has instructed that the Police Constable involved in the fatal shooting of 44-year old Garfield Coburn in Lawrence Tavern, St Andrew be taken into custody following preliminary investigations.
For the legislation which now decriminalises ganja for possession of small amounts of the weed to make sense, the much-touted public education has to begin immediately.
Finally, Jamaica Government has approved Ganja (Marijuana) in the amendment of the Dangerous Drugs Act to facilitate the decriminalization of it's possession of small amounts.
Jamaican Michael Abrahams tackles the unfairness of continuing to criminalize persons for marijuana possession while allowing the rest to freely purchase crates of alcohol and cartons of cigarettes and drink and smoke themselves to death.
Jamaica first Cannabis Conference ended with a declaration from participants that the Government immediately put in place a road map, of no more than 120 days, to deal with the decriminalisation issues.
Jamaica lawmakers to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana by the end of 2014, and a recent survey found that over half of Jamaicans would support it.
After years of advocating for the legalization of marijuana by weed smokers, herbalists, groups and movements and countless others, supporters on Saturday, will take a big step closer to the initiative.
Bob Marley has been dead for almost 33 years, but it appears police in Kerala, India are putting the blame on the late reggae singer, when it comes to teenage drug use.