The Grenada government says there will be several restrictions in place when its seeks parliamentary approval to amend the legislation that will decriminalise the use of cannabis or marijuana for adult-use, religious and medicinal use.
"We also want to make it clear that this will only be permissible most likely to persons 21 and over and there still going to be significant restrictions on likely no smoking of marijuana in public, absolutely no smoking around educational or school institutions and so on," said Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell.
Speaking on his weekly Tuesday 'DMs with the PM' programme, Mitchell, who is also the minister for national security, told viewers that the intention of proposed legislation is to "de-penalise" cannabis use in small quantities.
He said that it is also intended to permit the growing of a small number of cannabis plants to facilitate for personal purposes in small quantities and that the exact amount is going to be determined as part of the policy.
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