The Elitism of Ganja in Ja ....400 pounds not guilty

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American Businessman Held In Navy Island Ganja Bust Freed

Published: Friday December 6, 2013 | 2:12 pm0 Comments
Barbara Gayle, Justice Coordinator

The American man who was arrested in connection with the seizure of 400 pounds of compressed ganja at Navy Island in April has been freed.

Forty-nine-year-old Florida businessman Booton Harndon was found not guilty by Resident Magistrate Marjorie Moyston in the Portland Resident Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

Harndon, who was represented by attorneys-at-law Ravil Golding and Norman Manley, made a no case submission.

It was alleged that on April 22 a police team was on parole at Errol Flynn Marina in Port Antonio when two men were spotted in a small boat near Navy Island.

The police reportedly said they saw a white man and a black man.

The police said they gave chased but the men abandoned the boat and escaped.

The police said they went to Navy Island and found bags of compressed ganja weighing 400 pounds and a US passport bearing the name of the accused.

The accused was held the following day in Kingston and taken back to Portland.

The police said they searched a yacht which the American businessman used to travel to Jamaica but found nothing.

Harndon’s lawyers argued that the identification evidence was weak and further contended that no passport was taken from the small vessel but was taken from the yacht.

They further argued that it was night and there was no evidence that the police had identified the accused man in the small boat.

RM Moyston said having reviewed the evidence and the relevant law she found the accused man not guilty

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[LEFT]Medicanja To Contribute To Jamaica's Development

Published: Friday | December 6, 20136 Comments



Professor Henry Lowe (left) and his wife Janet unveil the sign of Medicanja, the first Medical Ganja company in Jamaica and the Caribbean, on Tuesday. The launch of the company was held at Eden Gardens Wellnes Resort and Spa, St Andrew. - Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer




[B]PROFESSOR HENRY [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Lowe's dream of a multi-billion-dollar[COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]business[/COLOR][/COLOR] in medical marijuana has formally taken root, this, after the launch of Medicanja, [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]Jamaica's[/COLOR][/COLOR] first medical ganja company, on Tuesday night. Lowe said the recent Knowledge Attitudes and Practice Survey showed that over 85 per cent of persons interviewed felt Government should support the use of ganja for medicinal purposes.
"This is why we took the bold step to set up this company to demonstrate that we can use science and technology to make products and services for the people, not only of Jamaica, but the rest of the world," he said.
He lamented that other countries had moved ahead of Jamaica even though the country had produced the first commercial product from marijuana, the eyedrops Canasol.
"We have a brand, and the brand doesn't have to be linked to smoking ganja," he said. "A brand is a brand, and the Jamaican ganja is known to be good and useful." Industry Minister Anthony Hylton, who was guest speaker, suggested that previous attempts at exploring the medical uses of marijuana faltered because persons didn't look at the science and hard facts.
We engaged in a lot of duppy stories and superstition and blame games, all kinds of things other than to ground our position in the sciences and on the evidence that is available," he said.
Medicanja will also seek to synthesise ganja-related compounds for medicinal purposes; develop pharmaceuticals from ganja for various illnesses; promote collaboration among scientists, doctors and policymakers in advancing the local medical marijuana industry; and contribute to the development of Jamaica by producing local products from ganja for the local and international markets.
"We are going to be working with clinicians to do clinical trials on some of the products so that we can be ahead of the game," he said.

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(Harn)don dat!