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A couple of weeks in the past we spoke to Simon Harrison of “Finish Hashish Prohibition Jersey” within the UK Channel Islands, so I assumed it could additionally make sense to see what’s taking place over in Guernsey, Jersey’s little sibling.
Simon launched the koalas to Bruce Caruso, former native of Portland Oregon, who got here to Guernsey for work in 2020 and by no means left!
He now runs one of many island’s two small hashish golf equipment, The Inexperienced Retreat , the place individuals can eat their prescriptions.
The island, with its inhabitants of round 65,000, has already issued over 17,000 prescriptions
ITV x wrote in a 2025
In Guernsey, the most recent statistics have revealed there have been 17,000 prescriptions issued final yr, in comparison with 12,000 the yr earlier than.
The Inexperienced Retreat is Guernsey’s first ‘hashish membership’ and has had a profitable first yr, permitting islanders to make use of medicinal hashish in a shared social setting.
Nevertheless, upon entry, islanders should present proof of their prescription, a type of ID displaying they’re 18 and above.
There is no such thing as a cost for individuals to enter the lounge, however as a substitute, bosses needed to create a welcoming setting for consumption.
There’s a comparable enterprise additionally working in Jersey too; The Vaporizer Hut. Each need to self-regulate, abiding by strict restrictions and solely permitting these with prescriptions to enter.
There are about 1,500 to 2000 individuals who have hashish prescriptions.”
Medicinal hashish was legalised on the island in 2019 however work continues to decipher what precisely the well being advantages are.
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In our chat we study the place Guernsey presently stands with hashish regulation, what the following developments are, What merchandise are issued as prescriptions, the place they’re sourced and what results a semi-regulated setting has had on the black market.
Bruce Caruso
