Grenada's Parliament has passed legislation amending the country's marijuana laws, decriminalising cannabis for adults and laying the groundwork for a regulated medicinal and therapeutic cannabis industry.
Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said he had preferred the legal age for cannabis possession to be 18, the age of civil responsibility, but ultimately settled on 21 following "passionate debate" and expert advice.
"There was passionate debate, we went back and forth…if you are an adult you are an adult, 18 is 18, we recognise 18, you can drive, you can vote, you can get married, so from my perspective you should be allowed at 18 if you do so wish to choose but I was in the minority," Mitchell said during the debate on the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2026.
"And so I cede graciously to the medical experts, to the mental health experts who recognise that at 18 a brain is still developing," he added.
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