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Belize Offers Automatic Expungements For First-Time Cannabis Offenders

Hazel Norman — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:47:08 +0000

Cannabis prohibition is one of the most harmful public policies in human history. Starting in the early 1900s, cannabis prohibition has ruined countless lives across the globe and wasted a tremendous amount of precious public resources. Fortunately, more and more governments around the globe are getting on the right side of history when it comes […]

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Are Banking Concerns Really Delaying Cannabis Reform In Belize?

Frank Schuler — Sun, 07 Aug 2022 23:40:08 +0000

Lawmakers in Belize previously passed the ‘Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Control and Licensing Bill 2022.’ The measure passed both chambers of Belize’s Parliament and was set to become law. However, cannabis prohibitionists, particularly church leaders, were able to successfully stall the passage of the bill and divert it into Belize’s referendum process. A vote was […]

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Church Leaders In Belize Put The Brakes On Cannabis Reform

Johnny Green — Mon, 16 May 2022 21:12:01 +0000

In late March lawmakers in Belize passed ‘The Cannabis and Industrial Hemp Control and Licensing Bill 2022.’ The bill would, among other things, create a government registration and ID system in which people could sign up to participate in a national adult-use cannabis system. As Belize’s leading newspaper, Amandala, described the measure back in March upon […]

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