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The legalisation of cannabis will only benefit suppliers of the drug, the Opposition has warned. The One Bermuda Alliance claimed that cannabis legislation expected to go before the House of Assembly tomorrow was a “bad Bill” that would do little to ...

A constitutional clash with the UK over cannabis legalisation could be avoided if the drug was removed from the list of controlled substances, a lawyer says

A law to clear the criminal convictions of people caught with small amounts of cannabis has stalled because old documents often failed to quantify the amounts of drugs involved

The evidence of a man charged with smuggling more than $470,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda was “a pack of lies” that “simply doesn’t make sense”, a prosecutor told the Supreme Court yesterday. Alan Richards, who appeared for the Crown, made the clai...

A prosecutor has said the Supreme Court should not have overturned the conviction of a woman found guilty of drug offences. Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams found earlier this year that there was an “appearance of bias” in the cases against Rebecca...

A controversial move to legalise cannabis will go back to the House of Assembly today. The legislation was earlier blocked by the Senate – but the Upper House can only hold up Bills for a year before they go back to MPs for another vote. Lawrence Sco...

A man who won $1.9 million in damages from the Bermuda Hospitals Board after his wife died of cancer has been jailed in Britain for drug offences. Kemar Maybury, who now lives in Brighton, was arrested in March 2020 – less than two months after a cou...

The Government’s plans to legalise and regulate the sale of cannabis in Bermuda struck a major roadblock in March after legislation was rejected by the Senate – which delayed a potential stand-off with the UK. The Cannabis Licensing Act, which set ou...

Dear Sir, I have been following with interest the speculation about whether the Governor will approve a law legalising cannabis and the Premier’s assertion that the community voted for it. The community clearly voted for a wide Progressive Labour Par...

We are seeing an interesting, although possibly unnecessary, tussle play out over plans for legalisation of cannabis. The recent Throne Speech references the Government’s intention to continue with its plans for legalisation of cannabis. This was pre...

The UK should not be able to block legislation passed by Parliament whether on cannabis or anything else, the Premier has insisted. David Burt was speaking as he and Rena Lalgie, the Governor, appeared to be at loggerheads over proposed drugs legisl...

The Governor and the Premier appear to be on a collision course over a plan for the liberalisation of cannabis laws. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, has made it clear legalisation of cannabis for purposes other than medicinal and scientific use, or some i...