2022 the Bill was reintroduced and passed the house, the bill was not required to pass the senate and thus was referred to the governor general for royal assent, who in may of 2022 pursuant to Section 35[2] of the Bermudian constitution, reserved assent on the bill and notified the secretary of state for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs, of the decision citing that the bill was inconsistent with what she understood to be the United Kingdoms and subsequently bermudas obligations under UN conventions. Premier David Burt, who previously declared that if the bill failed to receive royal assent it would destroy Bermudas relationship with London, stated that the government awaited the next move by British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss. Medical use In November 2016, the Supreme Court of Bermuda ruled in favor of allowing the medical use of cannabis. As of July 2018, two doctors have been licensed to prescribe the drug. Despite these reforms, legal medicinal cannabis was until recently impossible to obtain due to self-imposed restrictions with the United Nations. On March 30, 2020, these UN restrictions were relaxed to 2,000 grams per year with the potential for patients to import their own. These changes are likely to be expanded on with the upcoming Cannabis (Licensing and Control) Act 2020. Otherwise, the Bermuda Government has not legislatively made steps towards ensuring legal medicinal importation, and with providing prescribed patient(s) with their medication. Decriminalization In December 2017, Bermuda passed legislation decriminalizing personal possession of 7 grams or less of cannabis. Withholding assent to recreational cannabis bill The Bermuda Legislature in May 2022 passed a bill to legalize cannabis recreationally - but however was stopped, because the Governor of Bermuda in a rare move blocked assent to the bill. The Bermuda Senate did reject the bill, but because it was rejected twice it still went to the Governor. Medicinal cannabis is still legal in Bermuda. In September 2022, Liz Truss the recently sworn in prime minister of the UK officially and formally blocked the Bermuda cannabis legislation. References Bermuda Bermuda Politics of Bermuda Society of Bermuda Bermuda