House debates JSC report on cannabis bill Wednesday – Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

The motion is filed in the name of San Fernando West MP, Rural Development and Local Government Minister Faris Al-Rawi.

Section 29 of the bill proposes that the authority can issue licences for the medicinal, therapeutic or scientific use of cannabis.

On November 22, 2019 Government told Parliament it planned to introduce legislation to decriminalise the use of marijuana for medicinal and other purposes.

On April 5, the Prime Minister received the independent report on the incident from the cabinet-appointed expert committee at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s.

Gonzales said the report has a lot of information and he only finished reading it on Thursday morning, but could not reveal details.

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