Reports
Medical Association of the Bahamas. (2020) Medical Association of the Bahamas position paper on medical cannabis. https://mabbahamas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/1-MAB-Cannbispositionpaper-final-2020.pdf
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2020). In focus: cannabis legalization – world drug report 2020. file:///E:/documents%20to%20print/In%20Focus%20Cannabis%20Legalization.pdf
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. (2021). Drug market trends: cannabis, opioids – world drug report 2021. https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/wdr-2021_booklet-3.html
Speech
Minnis, H. (2020). The Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis Prime Minister tabling of The Bahamas National Commission on marijuana report, House of Assembly, Wednesday, 5 February, 2020, Nassau, Bahamas. https://www.bahamaslocal.com/files/img_Jz8zD
Newspaper Articles
Canadian says he thought medical marijuana was legal. Thursday, October 7, 2021. Farrah Johnson.
Medical marijuana law eyed within four months of election. Thursday, September 9, 2021 Youri Kemp.
$25 of marijuana? Fined 20 times the value. The Tribune. Tuesday, August 24, 2021. Farrah Johnson.
Marijuana bill doesn’t live up to high hopes. The Tribune. Friday, May 28, 2021. Inigo Zenicazelaya.
$500 fixed penalty in cannabis law draft. The Tribune. Friday, May 21, 2021. Rashad Rolle.
Marijuana advocate says gaps in draft legislation. The Tribune. Friday, May 21, 2021. Youri Kemp.
Marijuana advocate fears zoning ‘cart before horse’. The Tribune. Monday, March 15, 2021. Youri Kemp.
Legalizing marijuana. The Nassau Guardian. Friday, June 28, 2019. William Wong.
Christian eucharist and the Rastafarian sacramental marijuana. The Nassau Guardian. Tuesday June 25, 2019.
Marijuana commission hopes to submit repot by August. The Nassau Guardian. Wednesday June 19, 2019. Jasper Ward.
Rastas fire back at BCC. The Nassau Guardian. Wednesday June 19, 2019. Jasper Ward.
Davis: Rastas might be challenged to prove right to marijuana use. The Nassau Guardian. Tuesday June 18, 2019. Jasper Ward.
Marijuana commission to make announcement soon. The Nassau Guardian. March 27, 2019. Rachel Knowles.
No restriction on cannabis-based products. The Tribune. Tuesday March 19, 2019. Ava Turnquest.
Cannabis products? Everybody wants them, says Sands. The Tribune. Monday, March 18, 2019. Ava Turnquest.
No one should go to prison for smoking a joint. The Tribune. Monday, March 18, 2019. Frederick R. M. Smith, QC
We are behind on cannabis reform, says Bishop Hall. The Tribune. December 14, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
Medical marijuana conference to be held this year. The Tribune. July 17, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
BFM pastor supports medical, not recreational, marijuana use. The Nassau Guardian. July 12, 2018. Sloan Smith.
Culmer sceptical over PLP panel on marijuana. The Tribune. Thursday July 12, 2018.
Pintard: marijuana debate a distraction. The Nassau Guardian. July 12, 2018. Sloan Smith.
Christie backs marijuana move: Former PM hopeful of change in law to offer treatment. The Tribune. Wednesday July 11, 2018. Khrisna Russell.
Entrepreneur: marijuana could be a billion-dollar industry. The Nassau Guardian. Wednesday July 11, 2018. Chester Robards.
PLP to form panel to debate policy. The Tribune. Wednesday July 11, 2018. Krishna Russell.
Rastafarians seek religious recognition for drug use. The Tribune. Wednesday July 11, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
Sands disappointed at ‘bias in report’. The Tribune. Wednesday July 11, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
CARICOM report says legalize marijuana use. The Nassau Guardian. July 9, 2018. Sloan Smith.
Going legal is worth just $5M. The Tribune. July 9, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
Minnis: make up your own minds – PM won’t allow his view to sway marijuana issue. The Tribune. July 9, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
PM hints at support for medical marijuana: committee to examine issue. The Nassau Guardian. July 9, 2018. Roystone Jones Jr.
Medical marijuana saved my life. The Tribune. July 6, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
Medicinal marijuana’s $500m economic ‘blow’. The Tribune. July 6, 2018. Natario Mckenie.
Sands: no huge local market for medical marijuana. The Nassau Guardian. July 6, 2018. Sloan Smith.
‘We want to grow marijuana for scientific reasons’. The Tribune. July 6, 2018. Ava Turnquest.
Advocacy group touts potential of marijuana industry. The Nassau Guardian. Thursday July 5, 2018. Paige McCartney.
Strong support for medical marijuana. The Nassau Guardian. Thursday July 5, 2018. Sloan Smith.
Who’s afraid of ‘Big Bad Mary Jane? The Tribune. Monday January 15, 2018. Malcolm Strachan.
Marijuana– we need the debate. The Tribune. January 9, 2018.
Potty – going to jail over a joint. The Tribune. Monday January 8, 2018. Rashad Rolle.
‘Use in medicine wins my vote”. The Tribune. Monday January 8, 2018. Rashad Rolle.
Several MPs support medical marijuana utilization. The Nassau Guardian. Travis Cartwright-Carroll.
‘I count each day as my last’: Neymour says medical marijuana helped save his life. The Nassau Guardian. Sloan Smith.
PLP wants separate committee on marijuana. The Nassau Guardian. Royston Jones Jr.
Relevant Newspaper Articles
Marijuana industry sets environmental, ethical goals. The Nassau Guardian. Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Michael Blood.
Congress urged to fully open banks to marijuana industry. The Tribune. February 14, 2019. Los Angeles Associated Press.
Oregon’s medical marijuana program admits to problems. The Nassau Guardian. Friday, July 23, 2018. Andrew Selsky.
Marijuana production in the Caribbean: just say yes. The Nassau Guardian. Friday, June 29, 2018. Rebecca Theodore.
Canada expected to legalize marijuana by July 2018. The Nassau Guardian. Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Rob Gillies, Associated Press.