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The threshold for the importation of medical cannabis has rocketed to 2,000 grams a year from an annual limit of just one gram per year. A spokeswoman for the health ministry said the Government was “processing an application for a commercial importe...

Two prison officers were arrested after an alleged attempt to smuggle illegal substances into the Prison Farm, it was revealed tonight. Wayne Caines, the national security minister, revealed the news of the Wednesday incident at a press conference to...

Past convictions for possession of small amounts of cannabis could be quashed, a Cabinet minister signalled yesterday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health who led the House of Assembly budget debate for the Ministry of Legal Affairs, said the policy w...

Cannabis was found in the system of a one-year-old child, the House of Assembly heard yesterday. Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said that the Central Government Laboratory had recorded an increase in the number of positive test results for the d...

Cannabis use, cultivation and sale will be legalised if legislation tabled in May is passed, the Attorney-General said yesterday. Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate that the consumption of cannabis at home or in licensed premises would be permitted, ...

A British man accused of importing almost half-a-million dollars worth of ecstasy and cannabis was remanded in custody yesterday. Edward Odell, 53, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with the importation of cannabis resin and MDMA, commonly called ecs...

More young people have a chance to enrol in a study course in the United States. A limited number of positions have been made available for Bermuda students to attend the Global Young Leaders Programme in Atlanta this summer — a three-week course des...

A 33-year-old man who admitted possession of cocaine and a homemade bong was fined a total of $1,000 on Wednesday. Ronico Richardson pleaded guilty to drugs possession in Magistrates’ Court. Richardson, from St George’s, also pleaded guilty to poss...

The Supreme Court has upheld a suspended sentence for a woman who smuggled a powerful painkiller into Bermuda. Mandaya Thomas was convicted of bringing 92 grams of acetyl fentanyl, a synthetic drug stronger than morphine, into Bermuda in March 2018. ...

A social inquiry report was ordered on a man who cultivated at least 75 cannabis plants in his backyard. Martin Ford, 58, pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates’ Court. Police attended Ford’s home in Warwick on July 4 last year after they suspe...

Like nearly all Americans of a certain age, I was told in school that tobacco, alcohol and marijuana are gateway drugs — and that is why marijuana should remain illegal. First of all, even if you accept that these three substances are “gateways” to ...

A Devonshire man was charged in Magistrates’ Court this morning with having heroin with intent to supply. Winston Paynter, 39, was not required to enter a plea as the matter must be heard by the Supreme Court. The offence allegedly took place between...