Pubdate: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 Source: Royal Gazette, The (Bermuda) Copyright: 2004 The Royal Gazette Ltd. Contact: http://www.theroyalgazette.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2103 Author: Matthew Taylor PREMIER HAS NO PLANS TO DECRIMINALISE MARIJUANA The Rastafarian community enjoyed a cordial meeting with Premier Alex Scott this week but he is refusing to budge on the issue of cannabis. A delegation of four people from the 200-odd member group met him on Wednesday to push for changes in the law which they say criminalises young black men. But Mr. Scott said: "Bermuda has a very definite policy, we are not trying to encourage any further drug use." In a paper presented to Mr. Scott, the Rastas said the drug had a medical use and that countries such as Canada recognised this while in Britain Police had down-graded cannabis as they poured resources into more harmful matters. - --- MAP posted-by: Josh