Q3: Public Consultation On The Medicinal Cannabis Draft Bill And Regulations
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Following the direct consultation exercise, the Government wishes to open consultation to the wider public on the proposed scheme. The Draft Bill and Regulations are now available for public scrutiny and comment.
The public is asked to give general comments, but we welcome responses to the following focused question:
Can you think of any additional business interests which should be considered under the new scheme?
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Profile of Jan Card
Posted by:Jan Card
6 years ago
In retrospect it seems pretty clear to me that treating Marijuana as a "hard drug" has done far more damage than good. Enough of the dark-ages prejudice already, just treat it like alcohol and allow small (5 plants or so) personal cultivation and license larger-scale cultivation. No arrests, no harassment, no record, no prison, no stigma; and most importantly, no more money into the hands of the illicit dealers who use it to do untold harm in other ways.
Profile of Erna Enos
Posted by:Erna Enos
6 years ago
This is a good time to allow all Bermudians wish to start Cultivating medical marijuana can. . Their Fees to government if added up would really make a difference . For get about all the red tape ((Try a poll to see who is interested))
Come up with a fee amount for all not a few this could Help our economy. People needs jobs tourism is sleeping so to covid19 the Government debt needs to be paid.
Profile of John Darrell
Posted by:John Darrell
6 years ago
Marijuana should be completely legalized, such as tobacco and alcohol.
Posted by:unknown author
6 years ago
Why is it is so difficult to get a job in Bermuda if he or she has been incarcerated and blackballed if you have dark skin
Profile of Michael Brangman
Posted by:Michael Brangman
6 years ago
Agree with the former poster. The rules here are draconian. Even after setting up security for a growing site, electronic surveillance and paying the license fee, it's only valid for a year. Even then, the board can tell you which strains you can grow, how many plants you can have (even though the square footage is dictated by the tier) and what bag you can store the product in. The contract to sell has to be approved by the board as well as an inspector present to harvest. This law is garbage, excessive and unwieldy. In comparison, the rules for importing are simple. It is clear that the government does not intend to actually facilitate a local cannabis industry but wants to support importation like already happens.
Profile of Karen Skiffington
Posted by:Karen Skiffington
7 years ago
I've given this some further thought. I think you should skip this step entirely and move directly to legalising cannabis altogether. The reasons why are many:
1. Cannabis is currently considered a gateway drug, primarily because access to it is only through illegal dealers who stand to earn more by leading people to hard drugs. By bringing cannabis away from the illegal dealers, it removes the gateway.
2. Quite a number of other jurisdictions have already legalised cannabis, to no ill effects. Actually it has boosted government revenues and not caused any negative impacts. There is no point in setting up a government department to manage medical marijuana, when instead we can move forward past this intermediate step with its attendant bureaucracy which just further steers people to illegal dealers.
3. It would be a good boost to the economy, leading to new jobs for Bermudians in agriculture, production and in retail outlets (licensed of course).
4. It would be a boon to tourism and remove the nonsensical prosecution of tourists for possession of small amounts of cannabis for personal consumption.
5. It would be boost to the government coffers. Look at the government of Oregon, which prior to the legalisation of cannabis could barely manage to maintain paved roads. Street lighting was almost non-existent. Now all the roads are freshly paved, street lighting has been put in everywhere, schools have better funding and so on.
Profile of Jane Wright
Posted by:Jane Wright
6 years ago
@Karen Skiffington I agree and a good way to stimulate the economy
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