Three St. Andrew residents have been jointly charged with trafficking in a controlled drug following a police operation on Thursday 14th March, 2019 during which 233-pounds of cannabis were seized. Leroy Williams, 53 years, Construction Worker, Lyndon Beggs, 30 years, Mason and Magdalena Beggs, 52 years, House Keeper all residents of Sendall Street, Grenville appeared […]
Draft Model School Drug policy to be developed (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Guyana) The development and implementation of a Drug Policy for school moves forward, as Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Coordinators and other stakeholders from across the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) meet on 21-23 January 2019, in Saint Lucia. The expected outcome of the […]
An analysis of statistics from the Carlton House and Rathdune Psychiatric Unit in 2016, indicated that 100 individuals, (92 males and 8 females), sought treatment for problematic substance use. The substance with the highest demand for treatment was marijuana as indicated by 56% of the treatment population. Most persons reported that they began using marijuana […]
