The United Kingdom instructed the governor of Bermuda to reject the island nation’s pending cannabis law on the basis that it breaches international obligations set out in United Nations drug-control treaties.
The move brought the island country to the brink of a constitutional crisis, local media reported.
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Bermuda is a U.K. territory, so any new law requires approval – known as Royal Assent – by the U.K.-appointed governor.
Royal Assent typically is a formality.
This is at least the second time in recent years the U.K. has taken the rare move of intervening in pending cannabis legislation in one of its territories.
The U.K., already the biggest medical cannabinoid exporter in the world, blocked a British Virgin Islands (BVI) law after the country’s elected representatives passed the Cannabis Licensing Act in 2020.
At the time, BVI House of Assembly Speaker Julian Willock blasted the U.K., calling it “an
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