BELMOPAN, Belize (CMC) — The Belize Parliament has given the green light to the amendment of the Misuse of Drugs Act with bipartisan support.
The Dean Barrow government had in August piloted the amendment to the legislation that also provides for monetary and non-recordable penalties for possession on school premises and in specified circumstances make smoking on private premises no longer an offense.
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The bill had been referred to the Health and Human Development Committee of the House and Prime Minister Barrow said then it was just the beginning.
“I am excited; clearly it is only a first step and a small step, and I know there will be the naysayers; I suspect we are going to hear from the churches. But I feel as both a matter of conviction that it is something good to do, but also that the society as a whole will support it,” he said.
