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The Grenada parliament has given the green light to legislation amending the existing marijuana legislation marijuana even as Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell Tuesday said that his preference had been for the decriminalisation to take effect from the age of 18 years given that it is also the age of civil responsibility.
However, he told Parliament that he had to settle for age 21 because of the “passionate debate” that convinced him that it was a better choice that 18 years.
“There was passionate debate, we went back and forth…if you are an adult you are an adult, 18 is 18, we recognise 18, you can drive, you can vote, you can get married, so from my perspective you should be allowed at 18 if you do so wish to choose but I was in the minority,” Mitchell said as he made his contribution to the debate on the amendment of the Drug Abuse (Prevention and Control) (Amendment) Bill, 2026 that received the support of both government and opposition legislators.
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