Jeremie, Faris clash on drinking, smoking and gambling Bill

A par­tic­u­lar­ly dis­turb­ing trend has emerged in re­cent years where cannabis and oth­er sub­stances are in­creas­ing­ly be­ing pre­sent­ed in var­i­ous ed­i­ble forms, such as gum­mies, brown­ies, and cup­cakes, ap­pear­ing harm­less or at­trac­tive to youths, cre­at­ing new av­enues through which chil­dren and ado­les­cents may be ex­posed to dan­ger­ous sub­stances, says At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie.

Je­re­mie spoke in yes­ter­day's Sen­ate de­bate on Gov­ern­ment's Bill to in­crease to 21 years the age to use al­co­hol, to­bac­co and va­p­ing prod­ucts and to 25 years for the use of cannabis and to par­tic­i­pate in gam­bling.

How­ev­er, for­mer at­tor­ney gen­er­al Faris Al-Rawi, who al­so spoke in the de­bate, warned that the Bill could bal­loon un­der­ground trade and ex­pand the num­ber of peo­ple in con­flict with the law.