Trinidad & Tobago Cannabis Decriminalization Bill Heads To Parliament House

At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi estimates the bill could save Trinidad & Tobago up to $700 million per year The Trinidad & Tobago  Guardian reports Leg­is­la­tion to have mar­i­jua­na de­crim­i­nalised is to be laid in Par­lia­ment to­day. The an­nounce­ment of the long-await­ed leg­is­la­tion was made by At­tor­ney Gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi at last nights Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment elec­tion meet­ing in La Hor­quet­ta. “Our Cab­i­net to­day (yes­ter­day) un­der our Prime Min­is­ter to­day (yes­ter­day) ap­proved for lay­ing to­mor­row in the Par­lia­ment, two pieces of law. One the amend­ment to the Dan­ger­ous Drug Act to de­crim­i­nalise the pos­ses­sion of mar­i­jua­na,” he said. The Cab­i­net al­so ap­proved the lay­ing of the Cannabis Con­trol Au­thor­i­ty bill. Al Rawi ex­plained the leg­is­la­tion pro­pos­es to al­low per­sons to have up to 30 grammes of mar­i­jua­na in their pos­ses­sion. He added per­sons in pos­ses­sion of 30 to 60 grammes of mar­i­jua­na will be is­sued a fixed penal­ty no­tice by po­lice. Once paid on time, AG Al Rawi said this will not af­fect a per­son’s crim­i­nal record. How­ev­er, he not­ed fail­ure to do so, the of­fend­er may face a fine of up to $50,000. The AG made it clear that per­sons will not be al­lowed to smoke mar­i­jua­na in…

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