Jamaican Company Gets Licence To Cultivate Ganja

Timeless Herbal Care, a company formed by a group of Jamaicans, on Thursday became only the third local entity given permission to legally cultivate ganja, according to Phillip Paulwell, minister of science, technology, energy and mining.

"They were granted a permit this morning (Thursday) to cultivate marijuana/ganja for the purpose of research. They do have long-term objectives in terms of commercialisation, but they certainly would be awaiting the Cannabis Licensing Authority's regulations to pursue that aspect. What I do know is that they are very keen on doing research on the essential oils and to do value-added products for the export market," Paulwell disclosed.

Timeless Herbal Care, for which Hawthorne Watson, former head of the Scientific Research Council is chief operating officer, joins the University of the West Indies and the University of Technology in being granted a licence by the Government to grow and use ganja for research. The...

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