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A Bermudian patient was last year granted permission to legally bring cannabinoid oil to the Island for cancer treatment, according to former Health Minister Patricia Gordon- Pamplin. During a debate on the recently released Cannabis Reform Collabora...

Opposition Leader Marc Bean has come under fire after he told the House of Assembly he gave his three-year-old daughter “ganja tea” to treat her asthma. Speaking during a take-note motion on the Cannabis Reform Collaborative Report to potential chang...

Government has no plans to legalise marijuana, claiming that “it is wrong to yield to a more permissive attitude socially without due regard to the social, economic and health consequences”. But under planned reforms of cannabis laws, police could be...

A debate on reforming cannabis laws dominated proceedings in the House of Assembly. Premier Michael Dunkley launched an eight-hour discussion by stating: “The debate is one that joins Bermuda with many other countries who have wrestled with the issue...

Reform of Bermuda’s laws on cannabis will today be debated in the House of Assembly. Government Whip Cole Simons said: “I think it will be a long debate because it’s a topical issue and, as we look at other jurisdictions, they are certainly examining...

Government is being urged to make cannabis immediately available for medicinal use, decriminalise personal possession of the drug as a priority, and consider eventually legalising it completely, according to an independent advisory group. The finding...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...