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Letters to the Editor

Yes, our elected officials should be drug tested

June 23, 2014 Dear Sir, It is indeed most gratifying that drug testing for our holders of public office is now law. The arguments against politicians having to submit to tests for illegal drug use required of those responsible for policy and directio...
Jun 28, 2014
Editorials

The Best of Times, the Worst of Times

It’s been a Best of Times, Worst of Times few days for those responsible for stemming the flow of illegal drugs into the Island. A major shipment of heroin with an estimated street value of $1 million was seized at the weekend following what was evid...
Jun 25, 2014
Crime

Police swoop nets $1m of heroin

Around $1 million of heroin has been seized after an international sting operation, The Royal Gazette can reveal. A parcel of heroin, which originated in India before travelling through London and on to Bermuda, was grabbed by police after being coll...
Jun 23, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Are these random tests legal?

20 June 2014 Dear Sir, Are you aware that some work places are randomly drug testing college students for marijuana? Is this legal? From experience, most adults will agree that this demographic is more likely to party ha...
Jun 21, 2014
Other

Senate backs drug tests for elected officials

Mandatory drug tests for those in public office is a breach of privacy, according to Senator Diallo Rabain. During a heated discussion in the Senate of a report about adopting the policy, some Senators voiced strong concerns about the invasion of the...
Jun 19, 2014
Other

Public support for drug testing MPs

On the streets of Hamilton there is overwhelming support to a policy which will require all MPs to be drug tested. The policy was put into motion in the House of Assembly on Friday by Independent MP Terry Lister and will require at least 15 randomly ...
Jun 18, 2014
Politics

MPs back random drug tests motion

Holders of public office are set to be subject to random drug tests with a “three strikes” policy for legislators who test positive for cannabis and suspension for those who test positive for hard drugs. The motion, moved by Independent MP Terry List...
Jun 17, 2014
Letters to the Editor

Limited opinion on cannabis is disappointing

June 10, 2014 Dear Sir, The following is offered as a response to the Editorial on Bermuda’s Bout of Reefer Madness published last Friday. It is extremely disappointing that someone clearly eloquent and able to articulate a position on this dynamic t...
Jun 11, 2014
Other

Scientists argue against legalising marijuana

The legalisation of marijuana leads to “more widespread use and many more health implications”, a new paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine has argued. The review, penned by scientists from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)...
Jun 11, 2014
Editorials

Bermuda’s bout of reefer madness

Scientific populariser and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, a longtime friend of Bermuda who regularly lectured on the nature of things at local astronomical events in the ‘70s and ‘80s, had a famously limited tolerance for all forms of quackery....
Jun 06, 2014
Health

Govt Minister allowed cannabinoid oil to be imported for patient

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...
Jun 02, 2014
Other

Bean: I cured my daughter’s asthma with marijuana

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...
Jun 02, 2014
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