Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced sweeping legislative changes aimed at protecting youth, supporting retirees, and bolstering public safety, including raising the legal age for gambling and marijuana use to 25, and for alcohol consumption to 21.
Speaking Monday night at the United National Congress (UNC) Monday Report in Penal — her first such address since the party’s April 28 General Election win — Persad-Bissessar laid out the administration’s upcoming legislative agenda, touching on tax reforms, crime prevention, and public event regulation.
Persad-Bissessar confirmed the Government will bring legislation to Parliament to raise the legal age thresholds for marijuana, gambling, and alcohol use.
