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Enforcement 🇯🇲 Jamaica

Jamaica's courts see far fewer cannabis cases after decriminalisation

According to Harm Reduction International, court cases for possessing or smoking cannabis fell by more than 90 per cent after the reform of April 2015, and criminal cases referred to the courts in 2016 were 25 per cent fewer than in 2014. In 2016 the government nearly doubled its budget for the national HIV response, from 2.83 to 5.17 million US dollars.[1]

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References

  1. Harm Reduction International — Jamaica case study: Divesting from Prohibition, Investing in the HIV Response (2025)archived

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