Jamaica: MoBay Ganja Farmer Unhappy With CLA
At least one western Jamaica-based ganja farmer has come out openly in challenging what he says is the Cannabis Licensing Authority's (CLA) lack of readiness to preside over a properly regulated legal ganja and hemp industry.
During a recent town hall meeting in Montego Bay, officials of the CLA were taken to task by businessman Orville Powell, after he was told that the authority did not have a blueprint on how to export ganja, and were also unaware of any importers who were waiting in the wings to do business with local ganja farmers.
"At this stage, where we are about to grant licences, I would have thought that the CLA would have gone through all of that [plans for a regulated ganja industry] already," said Powell, in expressing his disgust with the organisation. "The monies that we plan to make from this industry, this cannot be from the local...
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