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6 Things You Need To Know Today – February 24, 2014

Weed Time – Paulwell Hints At Clearer Days For Ganja This Year. Marijuana advocates in Jamaica are on a high after Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives Phillip Paulwell...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 11, 2014

‘Jamaica Needs Me’ – Recovering Clarke Has No Intentions Of Leaving Politics Now. Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke has committed to a much healthier lifestyle, including ending his “rum-drinking...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – August 12, 2014

Human Rights Push – Holness Wants Commission Established To Proactively Protect Citizens. With Jamaica under the microscope of international rights organisations for alleged human-rights violations,...

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Has Ganja Been Given The Green Light?

The month of September ended on a high note for Jamaicans who desire to see a change in the regime governing ganja on the island. On Tuesday, September 30, Justice Minister Mark Golding announced a...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – November 13, 2014

Outameni Lawsuit. As pressure mounts on the Portia Simpson Miller administration over the controversial National Housing Trust (NHT) purchase of the property on which the Outameni Experience sits, the...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – January 22, 2015

Rasta High – Members Of Movement Will Be Able To Grow Ganja If Law Is Passed.” A great relief and a step in the right direction” is how Horace Matthews, a leader of the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica,...

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A Timeline of Marijuana in Jamaica

Aunt Mary, Blunt, Doobie, Hash, Weed. All names for Cannabis, an annual herbaceous plant with many healing and recreational uses. Debate has flared about the use of marijuana in various sectors and...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – April 10, 2015

Caribbean Youth Happy With US$70m Obama Initiative. Young leaders from across Jamaica and the Caribbean were elated at United States President Barack Obama’s announced US$70 million investment in their...

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420 – National Weed Day

April 20 is largely ‘celebrated’ as National Weed Day in the United States. The number 420 is symbolic to the whole day as it marks the actual time five high school friends in California would...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – July 10, 2015

Comrades Fuming … They Don’t Want Joan Gordon Webly In Their Camp. The People’s National Party (PNP) seems set to explode with members, blind with rage and on a collision course with the leadership,...

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Drug Awareness Month: Marijuana Abuse

Marijuana, also known as ‘weed,’ ‘herb,’ cannabis or ganja, is revered in Jamaican pop culture, its virtues celebrated in many a reggae or dancehall song. Marijuana abuse is not to be taken lightly....

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7 Facts – Tony Rebel And Rebel Salute

Rebel Salute 2016 gets underway tonight, and many reggae lovers from across the island and elsewhere around the world are getting ready to converge on Grizzly’s Plantation Cove in Priory, St Ann, to...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – March 17, 2016

Turn Back The Toll – Motorists Face March 21 Deadline For Submissions On Fees For North-South Link To Highway 2000. Members of the public have until next Monday – March 21 – to put in writing for...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today – June 30, 2016

Amnesty International Demands Action From West Kingston Report. Amnesty International has thrown its full support behind the just released report of the West Kingston Commission of Enquiry and is...

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#Infographic: Who wants to work with weed in Jamaica?

See our list of the studies done on marijuana in Jamaica, with links. Or have a look at Jamaica’s Dangerous Drugs Act, which details the illegal uses of weed in Jamaica.

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Freeing the WEED in Jamaica

2018 has been a busy year for the proponents of a robust marijuana industry in Jamaica. The year has seen several developments that reveal an anticipation of increase in the use of, demand for and...

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4 Stocks To Rule Them All

They say a picture tells a story better than any article every could. The Main JSE Market has a market capitalization of approximately J$1.215Trillion. Three out of the 33 securities on the Main JSE...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today

Your news in a nutshell Shanoya Wray’s family protests Hurricanes Florence, Issac trouble C’bean Shaw to link ganja farmers to processors No water in some of Westmoreland? Three dead in Porus crash...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today

Your news in a nutshell Major fire at Ashenheim houses Motorists blame NWA for traffic Blake relays disappointment Oliver and Maffy make big moves Inadequate education hurting potential growth T’dad...

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6 Things You Need To Know Today

Your news in a nutshell Cops under attack at Swallowfield Avoid Swallowfield, Arthur Wint area Gilbert memories: 30 years later Major crash along Sir Florizel Glasspole Highway 9 road deaths in 3 days...

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