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Around 800 people have signed an online petition supporting the legalisation of cannabis. The site ‘Legalize Marijuana in Bermuda’ was set up four weeks ago on the social site Facebook, where as of yesterday it had garnered just under 1,000 “likes”. ...

Readers write, Mr Acting Editor, and a few of them had a lot to say about last weeks’ column about the debate over legalisation of cannabis. Here are excerpts from some of the comments, all of which can be found on www.royalgazette.com LIVING IN PARA...

A Smith’s man yesterday denied growing cannabis plants discovered by Police last year. Makki Talbot Foote, 27, pleaded not guilty to the offence and also to charges that he was in possession of cannabis and drug equipment on October 27. The court hea...

A 38-year-old Trinidadian caught with drugs in his underwear at the airport was fined $800 yesterday. Francis Patterson pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possessing 6.08 grams of cannabis on February 7. He was caught with the drugs after he arr...

It is already too late when parents of a young man with great promise discover the lifeless body of their son in bath tub after he experimented with a legal substance, still being sold in the United States and other countries, as a substitute for mar...

A 29-year-old American appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday on a charge of drug smuggling. Rodney Small, of Elizabeth, New Jersey, pleaded not guilty to importing cannabis resin on January 31 and possessing the drug in St George’s with intent to ...

January 5, 2013 Dear Sir For the record, I’m white, I do not smoke or use illegal drugs but for close to 20 years I have argued with family and friends about the need to decriminalise drugs. Recent blogs have discussed legally growing cannabis in Ber...

A foreign national accused of importing more than 700 grams of cocaine to Bermuda was yesterday granted bail. Dave Trotman, 39, from Barbados, was charged last month with importing a controlled substance and possessing a controlled substance with int...