Following consultation with the Bahamas Christian Council (BCC), various medical professionals and Bahamians in the cannabis business abroad, Attorney General Carl Bethel said yesterday he expects to submit a redrafted medical marijuana bill to a Cabinet subcommittee for review this weekend.
Once the committee reads through the new draft, Bethel said he may present the bill to Cabinet for final approval either next week or the following week.
“(Retired Justice) Dame Anita Allen is working with the Law Reform Commission now to put all of the different suggestions that we deem to be workable, because not everything suggested is workable at the present time, into the redraft of the bill,” Bethel said.
“That will then be submitted to me, I’m told, by the end of tomorrow (Friday) afternoon. Then on Saturday or Sunday I will organize a meeting of the ministerial committee, the subcommittee of Cabinet that has been charged with this consultation process, and we will go through the bill line by line.
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