Musa says Cannabis Multibillion-Dollar Industry  

Besides the potential revenue from the cannabis industry, Minister of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa, points out that decriminalizing the plant could help curb illicit drug activities in Belize. He argues that while small amounts of marijuana have been legal for years, the absence of a regulated industry fuels dangerous drug trade. Here’s more on that.

 

Kareem Musa, Minster of New Growth Industries

“I’m confident that if the cannabis were to be placed on the referendum, whether we as Belizeans want to see a regulated industry that is governed by legislation that is taxed, that is not part of this illegal black market that has cost us so many lives. I think that we want to make it make sense because cannabis has been decriminalized so you can’t have ten grams on you, you have no way of getting it and that is why there is this illegal dark market which is costing so many Belizean lives and so if you look at all the benefits moving forward of having that industry. I think Belizeans will realize that, and it is a multi-billion dollar industry. And I think we can make it make sense by voting yes in the referendum.”