Les responsables de la CARICOM sur le point d’envisager de démanteler la prohibition du cannabis

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Les responsables de la CARICOM sur le point d’envisager de démanteler la prohibition du cannabis

7 août 2018

Inspirée par le modèle jamaïcain, la Commission Régionale sur la Marijuana envisagera une prise de distance par rapport à la criminalisation au sein de la Communauté des Caraïbes. Pour en savoir plus, en anglais, veuillez lire les informations ci-dessous.

By Edmond Campbell

The dismantling of the prohibition of marijuana in its totality across member states is a key recommendation contained in the report of the CARICOM Regional Commission on Marijuana 2018, which will be reviewed by heads of government at the 39th conference of the regional body to be held in Montego Bay, St James, from July 4-6.

In its report, the Commission, comprising professionals with expertise in the fields of law, ethics, sociology, psychiatry, medical, and social research, and criminology, argued that a strictly regulated framework for marijuana akin to that for alcohol and tobacco, should be introduced. Alcohol and tobacco are harmful substances that are not criminalised in CARICOM states.

"The commission is unanimous in its view that the current classification for cannabis/ marijuana as a 'dangerous drug' with 'no value' or narcotic should be changed to a classification of legal cannabis as a 'controlled substance'," the report stated.