Barbados: Police ignoring drug dealers?
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Barbados police go after drug users, including tourists, but ignore the dealers, says Barbados Free Press. Why?
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Barbados police go after drug users, including tourists, but ignore the dealers, says Barbados Free Press. Why?
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I didnt read the free press article well enough i guess because i didnt realise they had only dropped in dealer charges… But either way its about time for marijuana reformation laws… what sense is a law that does more harm than the drug itself.