Katelyn Baker
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Why Is This Important?
Because who wants to waste precious minutes before getting stoned in Jamaica?
Long Story Short
Jamaica recently legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, and is now drawing up plans to develop desks and kiosks that would sell up to two ounces of pot to tourists - at the country's airports and seaports.
Long Story
Like it or not, fairly or not, marijuana is inextricably linked to Jamaica, thanks in no small part to generations of college students who spent millions of hours baked and listening to Bob Marley's Legend. Jamaica is ready to now capitalize on that reputation and it appears the country wants to make getting high really easy for lazy or frightened tourists.
Jamaica's new Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is figuring out how to sell weed at the country's points of entry - being an island, that means its airports and seaports. The plan, which is still in its very early stages, envisions desks or kiosks manned by an official with medical training. The official would grant a visitor who has a valid medical marijuana prescription a permit to purchase or carry up to two ounces of pot on them during their stay.
If you don't have a permit, well, that shouldn't be much of an obstacle. According to CLA chairman Hyacinth Lightbourne, the marijuana "would primarily be for people who have a prescription and, in effect, you're doing it for medicinal purposes with a permit from the Ministry of Health. If they don't have a prescription, then they can do what we call 'self-declare,' and this will allow them to have the two ounces while they are here."
Jamaica decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot last year and now allows the private cultivation of up to five marijuana plants per household. But concerns about quality control, taxation and branding remain. Lightbourne says the kiosks would be a good way to regulate the trade.
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Full Article: Legal Marijuana Now Available At Jamaica's Airports
Author: Patrick Lejtenyi
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Because who wants to waste precious minutes before getting stoned in Jamaica?
Long Story Short
Jamaica recently legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, and is now drawing up plans to develop desks and kiosks that would sell up to two ounces of pot to tourists - at the country's airports and seaports.
Long Story
Like it or not, fairly or not, marijuana is inextricably linked to Jamaica, thanks in no small part to generations of college students who spent millions of hours baked and listening to Bob Marley's Legend. Jamaica is ready to now capitalize on that reputation and it appears the country wants to make getting high really easy for lazy or frightened tourists.
Jamaica's new Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) is figuring out how to sell weed at the country's points of entry - being an island, that means its airports and seaports. The plan, which is still in its very early stages, envisions desks or kiosks manned by an official with medical training. The official would grant a visitor who has a valid medical marijuana prescription a permit to purchase or carry up to two ounces of pot on them during their stay.
If you don't have a permit, well, that shouldn't be much of an obstacle. According to CLA chairman Hyacinth Lightbourne, the marijuana "would primarily be for people who have a prescription and, in effect, you're doing it for medicinal purposes with a permit from the Ministry of Health. If they don't have a prescription, then they can do what we call 'self-declare,' and this will allow them to have the two ounces while they are here."
Jamaica decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot last year and now allows the private cultivation of up to five marijuana plants per household. But concerns about quality control, taxation and branding remain. Lightbourne says the kiosks would be a good way to regulate the trade.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Legal Marijuana Now Available At Jamaica's Airports
Author: Patrick Lejtenyi
Contact: askus@askmen.com
Photo Credit: Getty Images
Website: AskMen
