The Bahamas government has announced a legislative package that will legalize cannabis for medical, religious and research purposes. Personal possession of small quantities of...
Antigua and Barbuda has become one of the first in the Caribbean to allow Rastafarians to grow and consume cannabis for sacramental use. Rastafarians are...
As regular Newsweed consumers will have noticed, we've been on hiatus for the past 2 weeks. But since there's no news to wait for us, here's a...
The Bob Marley Museum in Kingston, Jamaica, former home and recording studio of the reggae legend, now boasts a new attraction: the Marley...
The government of Dominica has announced that it is in the process of introducing legislation that will enable the creation of its cannabis industry by next year....
Saint Kitts and Nevis legalized medical cannabis in 2019. Since then, the Caribbean nation has made no progress on its regulation, which Prime Minister Terrance Drew regrets,...
The government of Grenada has created a commission on the legalization and regulation of cannabis. This decision is in line with the government's policy of...
The government of Sint Maarten is seeking proposals from organizations or companies willing to work with the government to create a comprehensive pathway to a...
One of the first measures taken by the new British Prime Minister Liz Truss was to refuse to promulgate the legalization of cannabis in Bermuda,...
Dominican Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced during his presentation of the 2022/2023 national budget that the island's Parliament may soon ask to authorize...
The island's first Cannabis lounge has opened in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, right on the beach in the Coconut Grove Beach club. «Today, we are launching Greenhouse Café,...
Rena Lalgie, Governor of the Territory of Bermuda, has decided to reserve her assent for the legalization of cannabis in the archipelago. She did, however, urge...
The Bermuda Assembly has once again passed a bill legalizing the commercial cultivation and sale of cannabis in Bermuda. The governor of the state...
Bob Marley's 77th birthday was celebrated on February 6 with a note from abeng conch, an animal horn used as a musical instrument,...
There's perhaps no country more closely affiliated with cannabis cultivation than Jamaica, and the island's government is working on that reputation...
After a pro-cannabis reform national election, few obstacles now stand in the way of passing one of the most progressive cannabis reforms in the...
The cannabis industry in the twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda is about to get underway, and with a twist, a public-private partnership that could serve as a model...
After many delays, Trinidad and Tobago's legislators have published their plan to legalize and regulate cannabis for medical, research and scientific purposes.
Do a test: say «Bob Marley» to the person next to you. They'll probably answer «reggae» or «cannabis». An obvious association, since...
Bermuda's ambitious cannabis legalization plan, released in June 2020, has stalled in the Senate, where it was defeated by a vote of 6...
