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A man smokes a marijuana cigarette in St. Vincent. (IWN file photo)
A man smokes a marijuana cigarette in St. Vincent. (IWN file photo)

Medical marijuana won’t curb illegal weed demand — churches

The establishment of medical marijuana in St. Vincent and the Grenadines will not eliminate the demand for the strains that are currently cultivated for the existing illegal enterprise. That is…

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Anthony Hope, 16, of Belair, left, and Jerroy Phillips, 21, of Redemption Sharpes, leave the Kingstown Magistrate's Court after their arraignment on Tuesday. They say they were injured when police beat them during their arrest on Sunday. (iWN photo)
Anthony Hope, 16, of Belair, left, and Jerroy Phillips, 21, of Redemption Sharpes, leave the Kingstown Magistrate’s Court after their arraignment on Tuesday. They say they were injured when police beat them during their arrest on Sunday. (iWN photo)

Youths baffle court by burglary of ‘a seasoned criminal’

A mother who took her son — now 16 — out of school last year cried in court Tuesday as a magistrate considered a sentence for him and his 21-year-old co-defendant for…

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