Catholic Commission for Social Justice
By Leela Ramdeen, Chair, CCSJ & Director, CREDI
“Our bodies are ours to use, but we have to account one day to the Lord as to how we took care of them and what we did with them.”—Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, Ottawa.
As you know, The Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act No 24 of 2019 was proclaimed on Monday, December 23, 2019. However, the Cannabis Control Authority Bill was sent to a joint select committee.
CCSJ’s Ask Why TV programme this Tuesday (June 26) will focus, from 8.00 – 9.00 p.m. on TCN, on the issue of drug abuse and illicit trafficking, as part of our observation of the UN International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Ms Hulsie Bhaggan, New Life Ministries, and Ms Esther Best, TT’s National Drugs Council, will be the panellists. I will be the moderator.