Reporter roundtable – Top stories from 2025

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2 January 2026 | 00:06:30

Cayman Compass

2025 Year in Review: Ganja and lottery legalisation still being considered

The voting public backed the decriminalisation of cannabis and a national lottery after a three-pronged referendum was run alongside April’s general election.

But, eight months on, there was still no movement after the two proposals were sent to the Law Reform Commission for analysis and recommendations on how they could become law.

Premier André Ebanks announced in June that the commission would be asked to examine ganja decriminalisation and a lottery in the wake of the referenda, which also rejected the construction of large-scale docking for cruise ships.