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Alcohol, cannabis and hard drugs will always be an intrinsic part of our society.
Alcohol prohibition did not work in the 1920s and it is not working now for recreational drugs. Furthermore, there is no evidence that the 'war on drugs' is being won.
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DATE: Sep 29, 2009
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Government is allowing "talented" people to walk away from the Board of Education and spending money with nothing to show, the head of an organisation looking for improvement in the Island's public schools has claimed.
Myron Piper questioned Governme...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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The governing Progressive Labour Party is to debate Bermuda's cannabis laws next month, according to retiring chairman David Burt. But will that debate go far enough and who gains when the state interferes with what people put in their bodies? The Ro...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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A clear outline of the way forward for FutureCare would help alleviate seniors' stress over insurance coverage, according to an advocate for pensioners.
Age Concern director Claudette Fleming said she was pleased to hear Government plans to reopen HI...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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Starting today, the Corporation of Hamilton will be offering a free shuttle service between the City Hall Car Park and the Bull's Head Car Park.
The shuttle bus, announced yesterday, will travel between the two parking lots every 15 minutes between 4...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
What does the drug war cost Bermuda each year? How about $300 million and rising? Here The Royal Gazette looks at the figures behind the misery as part of a series on drugs and their impact on the Island.
Bermuda pays a heavy price for its drugs war ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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An airline passenger whose abusive behaviour forced the captain to make an emergency landing in Bermuda has been jailed.
Grant Smith, 36, of Burnley, in Lancashire, north west England, was among several passengers who caused trouble on the way to the...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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After three protests calling for Premier Ewart Brown to resign, the group The Bermudians seemed to be waiting for the dust to settle.
Three months later, they are back in full swing with a new website to amplify their call for Dr. Brown to step down....
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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A man suffered six knife wounds in his back after being attacked by three people while sitting in his car, Supreme Court heard today.
Joshua Geoffrey Wolffe today pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of Kevon Albouy following the incident on Ju...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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Age Concern director Claudette Fleming has called for Government to provide the public with a clear and detailed outline about how its health care programme for seniors will be rolled out in the coming years.
The Royal Gazette takes a look at how Fut...
DATE: Sep 28, 2009
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