Lobbyists call for Jamaica to decriminalize pot

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Lobbyists urged Jamaica’s government Sunday to move within 120 days to decriminalize pot and establish a local medical marijuana industry.

The Cannabis Commercial and Medicinal Research Taskforce organized a three-day meeting on marijuana decriminalization with Jamaica’s largest university. The conference, which drew speakers from the U.S. and Israel, ended Saturday.

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