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Island Getaways Antigua and Barbuda Move to Decriminalize Pot - 0 views

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Drugs Antigua and Barbuda Legalization

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  • The twin-island nation of Antigua and Barbuda announced on Friday, May 8, the launch of a commission to oversee the process of decriminalizing the possession of small quantities of marijuana.
  • Hurst says the government wants to give young people with a criminal drug history a second chance.
  • Hurst explained that drug charges can interfere with young people, especially men, getting college scholarships or visas.
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  • The official cautioned, however, that this should not be considered a first step towards legalization, trade, or importation of marijuana, and pointed to the island of Jamaica as an example.
  • “We have not banned alcohol or tobacco, even though it has been proven that they are more addictive than marijuana,” she said earlier this year. “My point is that we should stop criminalizing our own youth in order to march to the beat of some other country’s drum.”
  • luckangeloja on 22 Oct 16
     
    This article talked about the possible legalization of marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda. The main reason for this proposal is for younger people who are caught with marijuana usually get into real legal trouble, and that can affect their possible scholarships or visas.
evanpitt14

Wickham says gov'ts will move to legalise ganja only for political gain | Antigua Obser... - 0 views

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  • decriminalise the use of the popular contraband, marijuana.
  • governments of Caribbean countries will not legislate that personal use of the drug becomes legal, unless they would stand to gain politically.
  • “Ultimately, in politics you would want to win an election and certainly your ability to win an election makes you a lot useful in terms of driving issues. If you believe policy will reward you electorally, then you will pursue and if you believe policy will make you unpopular, then you would not want to pursue it,”
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  • Marijuana Symposium, which was hosted by the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus
  • “Politics of Ganja Decriminalisation”
  • Antigua & Barbuda.
  • not taking the marijuana discussion seriously.
  • “The average person disaggregates the issue and they just see a guy smoking a spliff and say he needs to stop
  • issue of crime when you make something criminal is something that is more academic, more refined.
  • evanpitt14 on 03 Oct 16
     
    This article is about how many people want the legalization of marijuana. The Govts. don't want to, but Wickham thinks that legalizing it would lead to political gain and a lower crime rate involving marijuana.
evanpitt14

OAS report on T&T secondary students: Marijuana use on rise | The Trinidad Guardian New... - 0 views

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  • secondary school students are turning to the recreational use of marijuana.
  • prevalence from 6.4 per cent in 2010 to 10.7 per cent in 2013
  • regional average is 8.8 per cent.
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  • 3 countries, including Antigua and Barbuda
  • used illegal substance reported by students
  • average “first use” age of 13.
  • in Jamaica, which has more relaxed laws on the use of marijuana, there has been little change in prevalence among secondary school students,
  • 21.1 per cent
  • frequent marijuana use was “very harmful.” This perception, however, was noted to be in decline, 71.4 per cent in 2010 and 63 per cent in 2013.
  • evanpitt14 on 03 Aug 16
     
    This article shows that marijuana is becoming more frequently used in secondary schools. Antigua and barbuda has almost identical data to this for T&T. Not only has it been more apparent, but also starting to be used at younger ages like 13.
Javier E

Tabaré Vázquez Reclaims Presidency in Uruguay Election - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Uruguayan voters elected Tabaré Vázquez as president on Sunday in a show of support for the leftist coalition that has governed the country over the last decade, presiding over robust economic growth and a pioneering set of socially liberal laws, including a state-controlled marijuana market.
  • The election came after a stretch in which Uruguay’s president, José Mujica, 79, a former guerrilla, raised the country’s profile with legislation that legalized abortion and same-sex marriage and created the marijuana market. He is set to leave office with high approval ratings.
  • Dr. Vázquez is more moderate than Mr. Mujica, having vetoed an abortion law during his first term as president. He has also expressed opposition to parts of the marijuana law, a position shared by many Uruguayans as broad skepticism persists over the project. Still, he has said that he would enforce the law.
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  • A more important issue for many Uruguayans involved the handling of economic policy by the Broad Front, a coalition of left-wing parties, with Uruguay registering average growth of nearly 6 percent a year during the last nine years. Even as growth slowed this year, cautious economic policies were seen as shielding the country from external shocks.
  • “Practically 70 percent of Uruguayans hold a positive or very positive view of the economic situation in the country,”
  • during his first term, Dr. Vázquez also governed with his own style, reserving one morning each week to continue practicing medicine.
  • An increase in violent crime also weighed on voters, and Mr. Lacalle Pou, the conservative challenger and son of a former president, ran on a platform seeking to crack down on crime, reduce inflation and improve Uruguay’s schools.
evanpitt14

Recently Published Report Shows Use Of Drugs & Alcohol In Children | Antigua Observer N... - 0 views

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  • children as young as five years old are using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Antigua.
  • Office of National Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy
  • channels the report had to go through before publication.
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  • The report provides statistics about the patterns of drug use among local secondary school students as well as access to drugs and the perception of harm from drugs.
  • marijuana are the choice drugs among the 851 secondary school students
  • increases for each category were relatively small.
  • Fifty-eight per cent of the males reported using marijuana.
  • Just over half of all the students surveyed, considered marijuana to be quite easy to get and just under a third said they got the illegal substance from a friend.
  • evanpitt14 on 02 Oct 16
     
    This article, even though the report is from 2013, shows how easy some illegal substances are to obtain. The island also has had a steady increase in drug usage in younger ages.
evanpitt14

JAMAICANS NAMED IN $MILLION DRUG BUST | Antigua Observer Newspaper - 0 views

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  • $10.4 million drug haul that has resulted in the detention of four Jamaican nationals.
  • 00 pounds of cannabis.
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  • possession, possession with intent to supply, and transfer of the illegal substance.
  • Two firearms with matching ammunition, and large sums of Eastern Caribbean and United States currency were sized in the operation.
  • motor van and a speedboat believed to be involved in the incident.
  • laundering charges,
  • The police in their quest to stem the flow of illegal drugs in and out of the country, as well as to rid the country of illegal firearms and ammunition, have to date seized millions of dollars’
  • 2,500 cannabis plants,
  • evanpitt14 on 03 Aug 16
     
    This is about another major drug bust in Antigua involving marijuana. This shows how it is a hotspot for supplying drugs to the US because of the vast amounts of US currency found. It also shows how it can be easy to transport it because of vehicles like speedboats. The police are working to end it but it won't be easy.
luckangeloja

Comparative Criminology | North America - Antigua and Barbuda - 0 views

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foreign policy Antigua and Barbuda Drugs U.S. Drug Enforcement

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  • Antigua and Barbuda is considered a minor transshipment point for narcotics bound for the US and Europe; more significant as an offshore financial center
  • The U.S. Government has maritime drug law enforcement agreements with all seven of the Eastern Caribbean states. A Protocol to amend and update the maritime agreements was submitted to each country in April 2003. The Protocol would permit hot pursuit of maritime drug traffickers into the territorial waters of an Eastern Caribbean state by U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) law enforcement detachments aboard third country ships (e.g., UK). The Protocol also would permit a law enforcement shiprider from any Regional Security System (RSS) member state (The seven Eastern Caribbean states comprise the RSS.) aboard a USCG or third country vessel to authorize drug law enforcement operations in the territorial waters of any RSS member state. Only Antigua and Barbuda has signed the Protocol. To date, none of these countries has signed the Caribbean Maritime Counterdrug Agreement, which would facilitate cooperation among themselves.
  • Most Eastern Caribbean officials regard marijuana production and trafficking as serious offenses, although the question of legalization or decriminalization is being discussed in some quarters. The U.S. supports and encourages eradication campaigns as a means to combat marijuana use in the Eastern Caribbean.
  • luckangeloja on 19 Oct 16
     
    This article discussed the involvement of United States drug enforcement in the Eastern Caribbean. It says that even though several eastern countries have agreed to receive enforcement from the U.S., they have not agreed to receive enforcement from each other. This could help the drug related problems in Antigua and Barbuda and other countries as well.
evanpitt14

ONCP Antigua and Barbuda | Organization of Drug and Money Laundering Control Policy - 0 views

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  • Determined to address the problem of illicit drug use and substance abuse among its citizens, the Government of Antigua and Barbuda with the assistance of CICAD/OAS drafted a five (5) year plan
  • The existing plan, which is a collaborative effort between the various Governmental and non-governmental organizations
  • Anti-Drug initiative
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  • rafficking in Class A drugs such as cocaine continues to offer the criminal the highest profit margin
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  • Financial Intelligence & AML/CFT Compliance Financial Intelligence & Compliance Most serious organised crime is about money. Therefore, tackling money laundering is an essential part of combating the threat of drug trafficking, organised crime, fraud and the financing of terrorism. Financial Intelligence Unit AML / CFT Compliance Policy on Drugs Determined to address the problem of illicit drug use
  • Most serious organised crime is about money.
  • tackling money laundering is an essential part of combating the threat of drug trafficking, organised crime
  • evanpitt14 on 03 Aug 16
     
    This page explains a 5 year plan with the OAS and CICAD to combat drug trafficking and to fight crime involving drugs. It says that most crime is about money so if they combat money laundering, they can prevent more crime involving drugs.
luckangeloja

Antigua behind the brochures: gangsters' paradise? | The Independent - 0 views

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Drugs Antigua and Barbuda Police Enforcement Crossroads Prices

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  • Gun crime and gang violence are on a sharp rise among Antigua's young, linked to a global trade in guns and marijuana, crack and other cocaine, a traffic that has put the island and its neighbours at a vital crossroads between the narcotics producers of South America and the eager consumers of the US and Europe. These drugs seep into the population, payment in kind for dealers, or simply an impossible lure at prices that are a fraction of the street prices in the developed world, sometimes as low as US$1 (50p) for a rock of crack cocaine.
  • Eric Clapton, the guitarist, was so shocked by the effects that crack and other drugs were having on the population that he set up the Crossroads rehab centre in Antigua in 1998.
  • Kim Martin, the admissions director at Crossroads, says: "Crack cocaine is the number-one substance of abuse for our Antiguan clients, followed by alcohol. It was the influx of crack that caused members of the community to approach Clapton in the first place and it is still very visible, particularly in some parts of the island, which is leading to crime."
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  • Only a few blocks up the hill and the shops and banks give way to more dishevelled buildings, run-down stores selling only a handful of items, homes with crumbling front steps. There is no shortage of opportunity to find drugs, as twenty-something men make their friendly approach to tourists.
  • Antigua's police appear hopelessly out of their depth. The police station on the high street in St John's is crumbling. The new commissioner, brought in from Canada with other former Mounties, has put his energies into solving the lack of funds and infrastructure within the organisation.
  • luckangeloja on 19 Oct 16
     
    This article was actually based off an incident that a couple had while they were staying in Antigua for vacation. Although their incident had nothing to do with drugs, the article eventually shifted to this topic. It discussed how the cheap cost of drugs is a huge reason for the overuse of them. Members from the rehab center "Crossroads" discussed how drugs have really been seeping through the community. The police are also struggling to control the outburst of drugs.
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