By YOURI KEMP
Tribune Business Reporter
ykemp@tribunemedia.net
A marijuana legalisation advocate has asked why the government “keeps playing games with the Bahamian people” on the legalization of marijuana and industrial hemp.
Terry Miller, chairman of the non-profit Bahamas Cannabis Research Institute (BACARI), told Tribune Business that the constant “kicking the can down the road” on marijuana legislation is wearing thin with him particularly as the Progressive Liberal Party administration has not invited his group to discuss the way forward for industrial marijuana nor had the previous Free National Movement administration after four years of talking about the issue.
Mr Miller said: “Why are they lying to their people about the potential health benefits of marijuana and why are they denying their people the potential industrial development? That is the bigger question!
“I hope that they are really going to have a group of people who understand this industry, the nuances and all of the obvious points of this industry because they haven’t called on me yet and I have been advocating and doing a lot of research in the past four and a half years.”
Mr Miller’s remarks came after Prime Minister Philip Davis said he will bring the government’s marijuana findings to the public in December, but did not commit to having the legislation ready.
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