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Jamaica: New Cannabis Board Approves Long-Awaited Regulations

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/06/2016 - 08:45

One week after being appointed by Cabinet to lead the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), a new Board of Directors has approved the regulations that will guide the start of Jamaica’s legal ganja industry.

The CLA, which was created by the Dangerous Drug (Amendment) Act 2015, has powers to make and oversee the implementation of regulations for licences, permits and other authorisations for the cultivation, processing, distribution, sale and transportation of hemp as well as ganja, for medicinal, scientific and therapeutic purposes.

The Minister responsible for the Authority, the Hon. Karl Samuda, has congratulated the Board for the speed at which the Board has been able to develop the regulations, acknowledging that this was due in large part to the level of continuity that has been given to their work. Of the 16 Board members of the CLA, 12 have been returned, including Chairman of the National Council on Drug Abuse, Professor Wendel Abel; prominent Rastafarian Verald ‘Ras...

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