trinidad crime – an effective drug policy

Presently the trade I believe the nexus of the high murder rate, ranking us in the world’s top 10 – along with to differing degrees: absent living wage, inadequate mental health support, obsolete and mismanaged education, chaotic families, harsh prison.

1. Drug tax – Drugs are taxed, regulated & controlled as with alcohol. Weed decriminalized is permitted for medical and recreational purposes, supported by an industry to harvest for said – IN OTHER WORDS CITIZENS PERMITTED GROWING WEED FIELDS. Consumption of weed for recreation is banned in public but permitted indoors. Marijuana is LEGALLY grown, taxed and medicinal applications put in play.

2. Decriminalize ALL drugs and rehab – marijuana is a factor as of 2017 in Trinidad’s high murder toll, using marijuana of any amount is no longer a jailable offense. HARD DRUG users like cocaine, afforded medical help WITHOUT jail time. Thus seen in a medical light, not a criminal one. Rehab, job placement, skill training, debt clearance, financial advice, GMI Guaranteed Minimum Income and housing are afforded as chosen case by case by authorities in place of a DRUG WAR to return people to society.

3. Rehab centers – can accommodate a variety of problems including alcoholism, drugs, occupational and violence. Constructed in both islands. The MENTAL HEALTH ministry shall participate.

4. Cocaine – Canada permits cocaine as last resort if other treatments fail – UNDER SUPERVISION, most coke users can function, the minority need serious help, many drugs banned for a lifestyle – not because out of control, the subsequent drug wars against drove the use and crime up.

5. Low-level non-violent offenders freed – MINOR OFFENSES are non jailable like poaching, any drug use, praedial larceny and such. Small time traffic and vehicle violations cancelled and records expunged. Selected punishable crime are DOWNGRADED. Reduces the prisoner count at BOTH Remand Yard and prison and frees up court – whose inmates are freed. Those freed – on basis of case allotted SOCIAL ASSISTANCE: like housing, job skills, debt clearance, free medical, rehab and counselling.

6. Drug addiction centre – in prison rehab program.

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Supporting research –

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Trinidad_and_Tobago

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Uruguay – 2014 new tolerant law enacted and they recognize medical weed and LEGALIZED

Uruguay Legalizes Pot To Quell Drug Trafficking – youtube.com/watchRxZz4YGvgJw

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47785648 – Uruguay: The world’s marijuana pioneer

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wikipedia.org/Cannabis_in_Canada – legalized for recreational use in june 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_Israel

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/legalizing-marijuana-could-happen-within-9-months-nissenkorn-2LK0 – A significant and early budget will be dedicated for data tracking, enforcement, mental health treatment and addiction rehabilitation, in order to prepare the public for the move – Israel

https://pasquines.us/2023/01/18/us-virgin-islands-governor-bryan-signs-adult-use-cannabis-legislation-into-law/
US Virgin islands – On Wednesday, January 18, 2023, US Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) signed into law the Virgin Islands Cannabis Use Act (Act 8680), which allows for the legal use by adults for medicinal, sacramental, and other uses and also regulates the production, distribution and use of cannabis.
“This Act incorporates key aspects of my original proposal, such as one streamlined regulatory scheme for both medicinal and adult use, enforcement powers for the Office of Cannabis Regulation, entrepreneurship and job opportunities for Virgin Islands residents, and the creation of a revenue stream to help fund critical Government initiatives and operations.”