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Jamaica Plants Legal Weed, To Establish Cannabis Research Institute

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 04/21/2015 - 08:00

Minister of Justice Mark Golding (right) and Courtney Betty (left), president and CEO of Timeless Herbal Care, jointly plant a ganja seedling at yesterday's launch for the symbolic planting of the first legal marijuana plant at the Lecture Theatre Two, Faculty of Medical Sciences Teaching and Research Complex. Overseeing the activities are (at back, from left) Jamaica Labour Party representative Delano Seiveright, Richard 'Dicky' Crawford and herbalist Basil Hylton.

Ahead of being granted a licence to cultivate marijuana for research purposes, the University of the West Indies (UWI) is set to establish an institute to coordinate research efforts on medicinal and commercial products of marijuana.

At present these efforts are being pioneered by what is known as the UWI Cannabis Research Group.

The group, which is co-chaired by Professor Wayne McLaughlin and Dr Wendel Abel, consists of a number of researchers drawn from various departments within the Faculty of Medical...

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