Pressure Mounts for Marijuana Reform in Bermuda

“For Americans, mention ‘Bermuda’ and ‘marijuana’ and the first thing that comes to mind is a vision of vacationing cruise ship passengers arrested and fined in large amounts for carrying small quantities of the substance, like this Oakland medical marijuana patient last month formerly http://bermudasun.bm/Content/Default/Latest-News/Article/Tourist-begs-not-be-be-jailed-over–medical-marijuana-/-3/1297/69356 or these two unfortunate tourists in April. But that could be about to change. A mid-month meeting organized by the governing One Bermuda Alliance’s youth wing, the Future Bermuda Alliance, to discuss marijuana reform drew nearly a hundred residents and supporters, including two government ministers, both of whom expressed general support for the notion.”