Ganja Is Our ‘Life Blood’ – Western Farmers

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With Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Minister Phillip Paulwell recently stating that Jamaica plans to become a world leader in exploiting the economic value of ganja, ganja stakeholders are of the view that the government is finally seeing the light they have been basking in for a long time.

In fact, during a recent visit to their community by Justice Minister Mark Golding, Security Minister Peter Bunting and Tourism Minister Wykeham McNeil, residents of Orange Hill, near Negril, Westmoreland, told The Western Focus that, ganja is the 'life blood' of their community

"A ganja send most of the children from this area to school ... even up to the university level," said Clive 'Cubba' Pringle, an executive member of the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association (WHGFA). "A lot of the businesses in this general area got their start through resources generated from the ganja business."

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