NEGRIL, Westmoreland —Justice Minister
Delroy Chuck has moved to assure members of the Rastafarian faith that their
requests to transport ganja to be smoked as a religious sacrament will be
granted expeditiously.
This
follows a demonstration late last month by irate Rastafarians in front of the
Barnett Street Police Station in the wake of the seizure by police of 10 pounds
of the weed from a member of the faith.
“Where,
unfortunately, a lot of you (Rastas) are getting into trouble is to get it
(ganja) from where you buy it, or where you grow it, to the temple or to your
home. You need an exemption. If you are going to transport it at all, just
write me to get the exemption. I will approve it within hours,” the justice
minister guaranteed.
“I know
it is a strict law and you may not agree with it, but it is the law. So let us
just act under the rule of the law. You need your exemption? Write me, I
approve it, you have the exemption, so when the police officer stops you, you
have the exemption [and he] can’t trouble you.
Credit: JamaicaObservers.
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