by Ben Horner
In March, The Cannabis Licensing Act of 2022 was introduced into to legislation in Bermuda’s House of Assembly. The legislation calls for the legality to possess, grow and sell, and export marijuana in the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. Smoking pot in public places, and not being able to sell to anyone under 21 years old, will be remain illegal with the new law.
In 2021, legislation for legalization was introduced and did not pass in the Senate. To date, it is illegal to possess 7 grams of the cannabis in Bermuda.
Caribbean National Weekly published the news on March 29th. The Weekly article stated that, Walter Roban, Home Affairs Minister, introduced the bill stating, as did Attorney General Kathy Lynn Simmons last year, that marijuana that is not legal “was “an unjust colonial legacy” and evidence of “systematic, racialized disparities” where black people were criminalized by a white oligarchy.” *
Roban continued to state that legalization, which is not being supported by England, will “provide the greatest good for the greatest number.”
It is uncertain if the Governor will sign the legislation.
*Sourced from CNW, a digital news site
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