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The announcement comes after the UK denied Royal Assent to cannabis legislation last year

A man who claimed he imported cannabis resin into the island to save money was sentenced to three months behind bars yesterday. Wayne DeShields, 26, from St George’s, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court in October to conspiring to import the drug b...

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William Bogart also urged that Bermuda pay special attention to protecting children if cannabis was made readily available

Britain blocked legislation passed in the House of Assembly to create a framework for regulating a cannabis industry on the island. Rena Lalgie, the Governor, said she was “instructed” by the British foreign secretary to refuse Royal Assent to the Ca...

The lengthy legal campaign by same sex marriage advocates to overturn a ban on the unions ended in defeat when Bermuda’s highest court ruled the ban by Parliament was constitutional. Campaigners vowed to continue to fight the legislation, which made...

Three people were yesterday charged with conspiring to bring cannabis valued at almost $270,000 into the island. Kanhai Armstrong, 37, from Pembroke, 25-year-old Victoria Debartolo and 44-year-old Leila Todd, both from Canada, pleaded not guilty to ...

There's good news and bad news when it comes to teen drug and alcohol use in the US. The good news is that fewer teens are drinking, a trend that has been steadily improving over the past two decades. The negative is that cannabis seems to be picking...

Britain’s refusal to allow Bermuda to liberalise its cannabis laws has been branded a “colonial-style intervention” in the UK’s most famous newspaper. An article in The Times by lawyers Charles Kuhn and Gabriella Bligh claimed the decision by London...

Bermuda could be more “forceful” in its stand-off with Britain over the legalisation of cannabis as the international enforcement of current laws is “tainted by racism”, a leading academic has stated. Professor William Bogart, who has written extens...

It’s finally begun. The federal Cannabis Act stipulates that the workings of the legislation be reviewed three years after coming into effect. That triggering date was the fall of 2021. The inquiry is one year late. Nevertheless, it promises to be a ...

Dear Sir, The Attorney-General spoke recently about self-government. I was under the impression Bermuda is Britain's oldest self-governing colony. It has only been in recent years that the passing of the Cannabis Bill was denied by the Governor and ...