Jamaica may legalize marijuana.

August 20, 2001 5:12 PM

Jamaica may legalize marijuana. I figure if a country that grows so much of it, and allows religious groups so much more influence in politics than we do is going down this (seemingly) sensibile road - perhaps we should consider it here in the 'ole USA...
posted by owillis (10 comments total)

Time to take a little trip back, eh Oliver? :-)
posted by fooljay at 5:47 PM on August 20, 2001

I'm sure that in the future, going through customs after a trip to Jamaica will be fun.
posted by mathowie at 6:11 PM on August 20, 2001

Trust me, it ain't no party right now. In Miami you have the pleasure of huge dogs sniffing you, and if you happen to be young + male you get extra special attention. Of course, all that would be nonexistent if the demand over here wasn't so high (so to speak).
posted by owillis at 7:20 PM on August 20, 2001

Yes, let's legalize drugs and give everybody sidearms...
posted by hotdoughnutsnow at 10:09 PM on August 20, 2001

Wha? Where the heck did that come from? Two completely different things as I see it.
posted by owillis at 2:16 AM on August 21, 2001

The new preferred vacation spot of the Carribean.
Let the money launderers have the Cayman Islands and now even the Bahamas, we be goin ta' ganja land mon, seen?
posted by nofundy at 5:13 AM on August 21, 2001

I figured out a way for them to get around U.S. gubment objections. We'll let them legalize the herb, and in return, we have to outlaw poseur white boys with dreadlocks and tricolor knit caps. Everybody wins. Now spark up dat spliff, wouldja mon?
posted by Optamystic at 5:42 AM on August 21, 2001

Sounds like pretty much the reaction UK customs takes to people coming back from Amsterdam, then.
posted by jackelder at 8:42 AM on August 21, 2001

You mean to say all the weed I smoked in Jamaica was illegal?!
posted by rschram at 9:37 AM on August 21, 2001

When I came back from my honeymoon in Jamaica two and a half years ago, I got nary a look from the customs people. I should have, but I didn't...
posted by fooljay at 11:29 AM on August 21, 2001