Regional governments have been called out for not moving sooner to decriminalize the use of the popular contraband, marijuana.

Political analyst Peter Wickham said the governments of Caribbean countries will not legislate that personal use of the drug becomes legal, unless they would stand to gain politically.

His comments were made during his address at the Marijuana Symposium, which was hosted by the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.

In his presentation entitled the “Politics of Ganja Decriminalization”, Wickham examined the attitudes of the governments of Barbados, St Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua & Barbuda.

He noted that the issue does not appear to be fundamentally important to most people in Barbados; however, he acknowledged that the Rastafarian community would have a different stance on the issue.

Wickham said regional governments are not taking the marijuana discussion seriously.

His research focused on a country’s position to make marijuana legal or make it legal, using varying conditions.

 

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