Jamaica is placed to decriminalise the possession of small levels of marijuana for private use.
Portia Simpson Miller, Jamaica's prime minister has chose to take this decision, in accordance with plans to amend the country's Dangerous Drugs Act.
The amendment of the act allows for the legal smoking of ganja in private places, in addition to its use for medicinal, religious and research (by accredited institutions) purposes.
Jamaica is a third world country too, right? What a senseless killing. Read the story of how this 16 year old transgender teen (pictured above) was beaten, stabbed and shot dead by a mob in Jamaica
Dwayne Jones was relentlessly teased in high school for being effeminate until he dropped out. His father not only kicked him out of the house at the age of 14 but also helped jeering neighbors push the youngster from the rough Jamaican slum where he grew up.
By age 16, the teenager was dead - beaten, stabbed, shot and run over by a car when he showed up at a street party dressed as a woman. His mistake: confiding to a friend that he was attending a "straight" party as a girl for the first time in his life.
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