Poll: Recreational cannabis use
(CNS): Medical cannabis became legal in the Cayman Islands when prescribed by a doctor in May 2017. However, recreational use of the drug and growing cannabis plants for personal use remains illegal. Many people are adamant that this should not change, believing that marijuana is not only a ‘gateway’ to harder drugs but also that smoking weed has a detrimental effect on the user, especially over time.
But the fact is that recreational use of cannabis is widespread and some feel that laws against it are a lost cause. There is also a growing belief that it is not only much less harmful than alcohol, which is legal, but it can also be beneficial in many ways, particularly as a stress buster. Many also feel that when young people, particularly young men, are caught and charged with ganja-related crimes, it can have an outsized negative effect on their lives.
In addition, as more and more countries decriminalise cannabis, there is a growing industry cultivating and producing the drug for recreational use, and Cayman could be losing out.
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