It’s shaping up to be Jamaica:
The island’s energy minister, Philip Paulwell, who also leads government business in parliament, has said he will find time this year to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana. At a stroke, the move will cut the number of criminal offenses by as many as a million a week. It will also make a Jamaican break somewhat less nervy for ganja-puffing tourists. Reform proposals have been knocking around for some time: a National Commission on Ganja recommended decriminalization in 2001. But helped by moves towards legalization in Uruguay and decriminalization in the United States, momentum has been growing. A Cannabis Future Growers and Producers Association was launched last month, and a commercial company to support medical marijuana in December.
Alas for the ghost of Peter Tosh, legalization is still a ways off:
It will remain illegal to grow and trade marijuana in large quantities, something that suits the big players just fine. Full legalization would knock the bottom out of the market, hurting the island’s powerful criminal gangs. It would also curtail the potential for extortion; seven police officers appeared in court this month on allegations that they took a $2,750 bribe from a businessman in return for overlooking a ganja find on his premises.
The Dish 