Lawyers to make legal submissions to get marijuana case thrown out

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SOURCE: ANTIGUA OBSERVER- The legal representatives for two young men caught with a quantity of marijuana will make legal arguments to the court to get the charges against their clients dropped.

The lawyers, Michael Archibald and Warren Cassell, have also asked for full disclosure from the prosecution.

The police arrested and charged the duo with possession and other cannabis-related charges after they were caught with the substance last weekend.

Cassell is of the opinion that his client should not have been charged as he is a member of the Nyabinghi movement and the substance is used as a sacrament.

Additionally, there was a Cannabis Festival last week and the young man was reportedly transporting the substance as part of the event to a particular location.

What made this year’s festival unique was that special permission had been granted for public consumption of specific portions of cannabis during the event.

“Day two was a sacramental gazetted event, which allowed the space to be used for the religious activities,” Regis Burton, CEO of the Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA) said during an earlier interview with the Observer.

“On a usual basis, we do not allow; it’s not lawful for someone to consume cannabis in a public space, but for this festival, we would have gotten the permission from our minister responsible for cannabis, the attorney general,” he added.

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  1. The policies which now governs the HEMP INDUSTRY, what people are making millions of dollars from in Antigua, Barbuda & REDONDA, and being incarcerated, fined, lives destroyed for, the FLOWERS of female cannabis plant MUST be amended, to benefit ALL.

    A..the UPP, or any other concerned citizen group MUST push to have the laws amended.

    B…the Gaston Browne led Administration, only used the quasi DECRIMINALIZATION jargon, to have some, so called non-political individuals become political and vote for ABLP, just to smoke under the guise of religion and or religious practices.
    BTW – even gangsterism sits under the guise, of religion. The knights Templar was in full regalia for their Don Dada Fadah Pope.

    C…Sagaifu(spelling) and the others who negotiated, these deals with the Gaston Browne led government and the other private businesses, that already have the ‘means & methods,’ to control the production, marketing and sales of the female flowers, should not have accepted their offers without better SAFEGUARDS in place.
    Working on a farm/plantation, being able to smoke nuff KUTCHEE undah tree, IRIE, irie, irie; distributing of some printed papers, as certificates or diplomas has a role to play in the HEMP INDUSTRY, but at the end of the day, TOTAL ACCESS, as in legalization, education, funding(self funding), control of production, marketing and SALES, must be open to ALL. Period!

    Jamal Pringle and the UPP must be more effective in getting legislation(s) amended to serve ALL best interests. The Alfa Nero Saga will play itself out years from now, and while it is hurting Gaston Browne, the POOR man and woman wants help NOW, right now to deal with the imbalances, in the DECRIMINALIZATION, of the female flowers of cannabis.

    The CANNABIS LAWS which governs the State of Antigua & Barbuda MUST be amended!

    WHAT THE HELL…!?

    Can former COP RAWLSTON POMPEY write to the Governor General, in those legalese terms, and ask him to support, the AMENDMENTS to the Cannabis Laws which would benefit ALL, to include any and all #Sly_J’s, #Mongooses!

    Cornell…tenman hope to see you and the boyz, at the Federal Courthouse with placards in hand soon! Reading! Saying!

    F R E E. G A S T O N!
    F R E E. G A S T O N!
    F R E E G A S T O N!

    Ras Smood aka Jumbee Picknee
    De’ole Dutty Peg🦶🏽Garrat_Bastard

    Vere C. Edwards

  2. My concern is that the law is the law and will only be interpreted as it is written. For political expediency the government passed the decriminalization laws, without proper research and regulations. They never envisioned the negative impact it was going to have on our children, youth and young adults. Today we have scores of zumbies walking around our streets and locked away in institutions because of the use, the abuse and misuse of the cannabis. The availability of cannabis to children for smoking and the negative consequences is at an alarming ( epidemic) concern. If you take a drive out to New Village Liberta or up an Peres main road in the vicinity of Ras freeman or the other Rasta organized set up you will see the buzzing selling of cannabis for smoking purposes for who ever wants to buy. Gender , race , religion and age don’t matter.
    We have primary school children selling and smoking rampant. Yes the powers that be have closed a blind eye.
    Recently the government commissioned a study to determine the level of the negative impact and a way forward, so I thought. However, even before this census was completed, in fact before it was fully on the way, several new licenses were issued.
    Let me be clear that I am for the decriminalization. I am not against the use or growing of the plant for medicinal purposes and business. I am also not against the democratic right of the Rastas to use it as their sacraments. So here is what I am against.
    I am against the smoking in my space . In public space and that goes for cigarettes as well.
    I am against allowing who ever to have 4 plants on their property. A single marijuana plant can give up 1lb easily if well cared for. Hence the couple of grams that is allowed in one’s possession is contradictory and will land lots of young people in prison.
    The growers in Antigua are selling to the general public for smoking purposes. These Rasta communities are growing very wealthy from the lucrative selling to smoke market. They are selling to children and no accountability in terms of paying back to society by way of a special fund. To educate on the negative impact, especially to the underdeveloped, underprivileged, uneducated amongst us. In the case of the young woman that murdered the white lady Finch. The taxi driver alluded that he took her to Ras freeman to buy weed.
    The negative impact on our education system from speaking to our teachers are very serious. The behavior of the youngsters that are smokers and completely different to those that are none smokers. The drop out of our young men that smoke is also very high. The incarceration from violent crimes seemingly are more dominant among the smokers. We all hear oc the rumors of violent crimes committed by these communities of growers to youngsters that steal their weed.
    Nothing withstands the lucrative, illegal business by selling to John public these groups are involved in, the government still gives them full support, financially and otherwise. They seems to be protected while they carry out these illegal activities. More alarming is that the government chose to hand the the keys of an excavator, ahead of the farmers that are struggling to get lands cleared.
    It would have been a far better investment to fix YASCO toilets, than to give these weed sellers an excavator.
    If we are going to be an economic powerhouse, we must address the distribution of our youth by the ease they can obtain marijuana for smoking. Again I am talking about under age, underdeveloped brains, that a being destroyed.

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