Legal and Social Contexts for Jamaica’s National Commission on Ganja
Legal and historical information about marijuana primarily in Jamaica and to some extent in other countries. It also contains a world-wide chronology of drug use as well as a comprehensive collection of international drug reports that covers the period from the end of the 19th-Century to the present.
National Commission on Ganja
Related Legal Documents
- The Jamaican Constitution - 1962
- Constitutional Overview - The Jamaican Constitution
- International Opium Convention - The Hague, January 23, 1912.
- Law 15 of 1913 - Ratification of the International Opium Convention in Jamaica
- The Dangerous Drugs Act - 1948/1996
International Related Legal Information
- The American Laws, state-by-state (NORML, December, 2000)
- U.S. State Laws on Medical Marijuana (CNN Interactive)
- The Drug-Free America Act - 107th Congress 1st Session, S.89, January 22, 2001 (pdf)
- Bill S.16 to improve law enforcement, crime prevention, and victim assistance in the 21st century - 107th Congress, 1st. Session, S.16, January 22, 2001 (pdf)
- A comparative table of marijuana in some European legal systems (NORML)
- Cannabis and Marijuana Laws and Law Enforcement Procedures in Europe - a comparative study (NORML)
- Colombian Constitutional Court decriminalizing possession for personal use of cannabis and cocaine - 1994 (English. Source: Drugtext)
- German Constitutional Court decriminalizing possession for personal use of cannabis - 1994 (English. Source: Drugtext)
- American Court: U.S.A. v. David Meyers - Religious use of marijuana - 1996
Jamaican Government
- Cabinet - August 2000
- Brief History of Jamaica - By Donna Essix, Jamaicans.com
International Drug Chronologies
- A Chronology of Psychoactive Substance Use - By Gregory Austin.
- International Chronology of Treaties and Drug Reports: 1894 - 1999