Use of medical marijuana reignites debate in Barbados
Debate has reignited over the highly emotive issue of Barbados’ stance on marijuana use, including for medical purposes.
It comes as an attorney-at-law awaits word from the Minister of Health on an application for his sick wife to use the drug based on a prescription obtained from a doctor in Canada.
At a panel discussion staged by the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, that lawyer, Douglas Trotman said the laws of Barbados permit marijuana to be used on a permit granted by the minister.
“From 1993 research could have been carried out in Barbados,” he said.
“It [marijuana] can be used for veterinary purposes, there’s permission for it to be used in hospital administered by nurses. So the issue of possession is a problem but not so if the minister sanctions it.”
That proposal – using the drug for medical purposes – was at the centre of the panel...
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