 Let me make it clear, Mrs Speaker. This is not a signal for people to start consuming cannabis irresponsibly, especially in public spaces. To get respect, one must give respect. And I mean, one must respect other people's right to breathe clean, smoke free air. There are people with conditions such as asthma, allergies and COPD and other respiratory symptoms that may negatively be affected if you spoke in public, Mrs Speaker. By improving the regulatory framework in the misuse of just acts, people are able to smoke 30 grams of marijuana without being arrested or charged by the police. The Prime Minister went on to highlight the proof of the drug prevention and misuse act. The Government of St. Lucia will now be able to address the public health issues associated with this assumption. These include underage youth, the predisposition to psychosis with cannabis being a trigger and dosing. The Government, he explained, will now be able to roll out his national education program, which will include prevention and harm reduction strategy. Minister for Youth Development and Sports Honourable Kenshmer, while expressing his support, the bill cautioned the young after that the drug is still recognized as being illegal in the world of sports. Though this bill may pass in this lower house today, marijuana is still considered illegal by the world anti-doped agency WADA. Despite being decriminalized in many countries and states, WADA defended the ban on cannabis in a paper published in the Journal for Sports Medicine. Citing a study on marijuana's ability to reduce anxiety, WADA found cannabis could help athletes better perform under pressure and to alleviate stress experienced before and during competitions. So to our athletes, according to the governing board that is charged with the responsibility of mitigating fairness, marijuana in any quantity is still banned. So for those of you who followed the recently completed Olympic Games, one of the fastest women in the world, Shukari Richardson, was banned from this Olympics after they found trace amounts of marijuana in a system. So I certainly would not want this for any of our hard-working athletes. Minister for Tourism, investments created industries, culture and information, Honourable Dr. Kenshmer, explained that the government's move to decriminalize marijuana, seek to address historical criticism. Honourable Dr. Hiller indicated that this is being handled using a faith approach. The government also encouraged that at a previous sitting to legislative action to expunge records of persons involved in minor criminal acts, including the possession of small amounts of cannabis. Today, we are taking it one step further. It's not the complete process, but you are taking it one step further. We are now saying that if you are in possession of no more than 30 grams, which is not much more than something like this, Mr. Speaker, you will not and cannot be convicted for such possession. We now need to go on to the third stage, where we will address issues of cultivation and distribution and those other issues relating to the establishment of an industry around the use of cannabis. Changes in the legislation has signaled a move towards establishing a cannabis industry that will not only provide revenue for the government of the inclusion, but provide employment for the people and producers.