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LINK BETWEEN DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH UNDERSCORED DURING DEBATE ON DRUGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019

Published 2 August 2019

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LINK BETWEEN DRUG ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH UNDERSCORED DURING DEBATE ON DRUGS (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 02, 2019 (SKNIS): The link between drug abuse and mental health was discussed during the tabling of the Bill shortly entitled Drugs (Prevention and Abatement of the Misuse and Abuse of Drugs) (Amendment) Bill 2019, to which the Honourable Wendy C. Phipps, Minister of State with responsibility for Health said the government and other entities will make provisions to assist in such matters.

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MINISTER PHIPPS SUPPORTS PROHIBITION OF SMOKING MARIJUANA IN PUBLIC PLACES, ESPECIALLY AROUND CHILDREN

Published 2 August 2019

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The Honourable Wendy C. Phipps, Minister of State with responsibility for the Ministry of Health
MINISTER PHIPPS SUPPORTS PROHIBITION OF SMOKING MARIJUANA IN PUBLIC PLACES, ESPECIALLY AROUND CHILDREN
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 02, 2019 (SKNIS): The Honourable Wendy C. Phipps, Minister of State with responsibility for the Ministry of Health, who supported the Bill shortly entitled Drugs (Prevention and Abatement of the Misuse and Abuse of Drugs) (Amendment) Bill 2019, is pleased that the Bill seeks to prohibit smoking marijuana in public places, especially around children.

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SENATOR PHIPPS LENDS SUPPORT TO DRUGS (PREVENTION AND ABATEMENT OF THE MISUSE AND ABUSE OF DRUGS) (AMENDMENT)  BILL 2019 

Published 2 August 2019

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The Honourable Wendy C. Phipps, Minister of State with responsibility for Health
SENATOR PHIPPS LENDS SUPPORT TO DRUGS (PREVENTION AND ABATEMENT OF THE MISUSE AND ABUSE OF DRUGS) (AMENDMENT) 
BILL 2019 
Basseterre, St. Kitts, August 02, 2019 (SKNIS): The Honourable Wendy C. Phipps, Minister of State with responsibility for Health, made her contribution on July 30 during a Sitting of Parliament, to the Bill shortly entitled Drugs (Prevention and Abatement of the Misuse and Abuse of Drugs) (Amendment) Bill 2019.

She described the Bill as “a measured, careful and deliberate step in the creation of a new ethos and environment regarding the decriminalization of marijuana and its use in the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis.”

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Weather

WEATHER UPDATE FROM NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NEMA)

Published 2 August 2019

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WEATHER UPDATE FROM NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY (NEMA)

Please see below attachment Re; Weather update from The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).

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GAZETTE NOTICE: PROCLAMATION DECLARING 6TH AUGUST, 2019 AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY ON THE OCCASION OF THE CELEBRATION OF CULTURAMA

Published 2 August 2019

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GOVERNMENT HOUSE

Please find attached pdf link below to press release from Government House Re: Gazette Notice–Proclamation Declaring 6th August, 2019 Public Holiday in the Occasion of the Celebration of Culturama.

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