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CRC: ‘Strong amount of support’ for cannabis reform

A group set up to look at reforming the law on marijuana plans to recommend a phased approach to legalisation. The Cannabis Reform Collaborative (CRC) is likely to back the use of medical marijuana and decriminalisation of the drug, followed by a pha...
Mar 25, 2014
Court

Heroin importer imprisoned for eight years

A Hamilton Parish woman caught at the airport with $1.4 million of heroin was yesterday jailed for more than eight years. Seanee Smith, 27, pleaded guilty earlier this year to possessing heroin with intent to supply in an incident on February 13, 201...
Mar 21, 2014
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Gov’t to receive cannabis reform report

A final report detailing local opinions on cannabis reform is to be handed in to Government by April 17, according to the Cannabis Reform Collaborative (CRC). The group has canvassed views through seven focus groups, targeting different age groups. B...
Mar 20, 2014
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Edness cautions against marijuana law change

Elder statesman Quinton Edness has warned against the legalisation or decriminalisation of marijuana. Mr Edness, a former Home Affairs Minister and twice Health Minister in UBP Governments, said he was “diametrically opposed” to a loosening off the l...
Mar 14, 2014
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Cabinet to look at marijuana reform

The legalisation of medical marijuana could be on the cards, National Security Minister Michael Dunkley said yesterday. And — in the clearest signal that the Island’s laws on the drug are set to be liberalised — Mr Dunkley added that a major report o...
Mar 14, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Step back before it’s too late

February 10, 2014. Dear Sir, I have resisted writing this letter, because I have hopes that common sense will prevail. But now that there is much talk about legalising Marijuana I am fearful that my efforts and warnings may get lost and forgotten. To...
Mar 04, 2014
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‘Marijuana is the camel’s nose under the tent’

Cannabis has the potential to bring in a “new era” of medical treatments through the creation of “blockbuster drugs”, according to a leading US physician. But legalising the plant so that “recreational” users could smoke it without prosecution could ...
Feb 28, 2014
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Cannabis reform event will ‘not be typical town-hall meeting’

A “public conversation” on cannabis reform will be held tonight by the Cannabis Reform Committee, with a four-person panel presenting on local and overseas perspectives. They will tackle such questions as whether Bermuda’s cannabis policies should be...
Feb 25, 2014
Court

Carriage driver jailed for six years for importing cannabis

A 65-year-old farmer and carriage driver who claimed he was driven to import cannabis out of financial desperation sobbed in court as he was jailed for six years for smuggling the drug in his farming supplies. Howard Charles, of Southcourt Avenue, Pa...
Feb 18, 2014
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