Items tagged with jamaica
| Item title | Description |
|---|---|
| Jamaica [31.12.2019] | Overview of drug policy, drug law and legislative trends in Jamaica As an island that is viewed as the mecca of cannabis culture, many are surprised ... |
| Please allow small farmers to benefit from ganja industry, says senator [30.10.2018] | Senator Kerensia Morrison is calling on the Government to ensure that small farmers and the little man are not left out of the emerging ganja/cannabi... |
| Canada's legalization of marijuana could hurt farmers in poorer countries [17.10.2018] | For decades poor farmers in countries like Jamaica and Morocco have risked the wrath of governments to grow cannabis as a cash crop. But as Canada be... |
| Cannabis cultivation and consumption pattern in Jamaica 2017-2018 [26.09.2018] | Fifty-three per cent of cannabis enthusiasts want Jamaica to fully legalise cannabis while 27 per cent want Jamaica to legalise but with strict contr... |
| Agriculture minister seeks to link small ganja farmers with large processors [10.09.2018] | Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Audley Shaw, says he is looking to link small ganja farmers with large processors who have... |
| Ganja: Discovering the future [22.08.2018] | Despite cannabis being an integral part of the Jamaican identity, just five years ago local laws did not reflect the realities of its use in the coun... |
| Cannabis store and cafe opens in Kingston [18.07.2018] | Jamaica has opened its first seed-to-sale cannabis retail store located in Market place on Constant Spring Road. The ribbon-cutting ceremony signifie... |
| Partnership critical for ganja industry success - SRC head [06.07.2018] | Executive Director of the Scientific Research Council (SRC) Dr Cliff Riley has underscored the importance of working partnerships that acknowledge an... |
| Rare Jamaican cannabis strains are seeding a medical marijuana takeover in Canada [12.06.2018] | With the support of the Jamaican government and the farmer’s collective they partner with on the island nation, the Jamaican Medical Cannabis Collect... |
| Jamaica poised to become major location for medical cannabis investment — Shaw [27.05.2018] | Audley Shaw's trip to Canada has paved the way for Jamaica to play a leading role in the rapidly growing medical cannabis industry, according to the ... |
| Medicinal cannabis policies and practices around the world [24.04.2018] | Although cannabis remains a prohibited substance worldwide, in recent decades a series of political, legislative and judicial processes in various pa... |
| Jamaica missing out on growing ganja industry — Golding [01.03.2018] | Opposition Spokesperson on Finance Mark Golding today told the Standing Finance Committee of Parliament that the cannabis sector needs full governmen... |
| The facts about ganja in Jamaica [21.01.2018] | When the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 came into effect on April 15, 2015, new provisions were put in place regarding the possession and smoki... |
| Don't 'bank' on ganja! - Lawmaker says J'cans might be clinging to false hopes [09.11.2017] | The viability of Jamaica's legal ganja and hemp industry has been called into question, with lawmaker Marisa Dalrymple Philibert suggesting that Jama... |
| Gov't urged to rethink medical ganja policy [02.10.2017] | Two of the Jamaica's leading thinkers have called on the Government to rethink its policy approach towards the development of the medical ganja indus... |
| Few Jamaicans in local ganja industry — Dr Lowe [08.09.2017] | There is a negative buzz surrounding Jamaica's budding legal ganja industry. According to Dr Henry Lowe, owner of Medicanja, “It feels like our objec... |
| Ban on cannabis infused edibles retrograde step — ganja association [02.06.2017] | The Ganja Growers and Producers Association of Jamaica said the recent ban on the sampling and sale of all cannabis infused edibles at entertainment ... |
| Tufton appeals to WHO for more leadership on ganja [24.05.2017] | Minister of Health, Christopher Tufton has called on the World Health Organisation (WHO) to remove cannabis from its current classification as a Sche... |
| Ganja lobby wrong [15.05.2017] | The Ministry of Health (MoH) of Jamaica has indicated that it has begun taking steps to change the schedule class of marijuana to effect amendments t... |
| Bob Marley, ganja and the green stuff – is selling Brand Jamaica just a pipe dream? [03.05.2017] | When Bob Marley and the Wailers first performed Get Up, Stand Up to a restive 1970s Jamaica, never could they have guessed that the government would ... |
| Too much ‘dilly dallying’ around ganja issue, says minister [21.04.2017] | As the debate over the legalisation of ganja for medical use heats up, Minister of Science, Energy and Technology Dr Andrew Wheatley has thrown down ... |
| Cannabis Licensing Authority begins work on Alternative Development Programme [14.04.2017] | The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has commenced work to implement an Alternative Development Programme (ADP) to include Jamaica’s traditional fa... |
| Doctors want focus on benefits of ganja instead of profits [12.04.2017] | The Medical Association of Jamaica (MAJ) has slammed the focus on profits instead of studying the benefits of marijuana since its decriminalisation t... |
| Medical ganja’s slow journey irks foreign investor [09.04.2017] | A foreign investor is expressing concern that Jamaica’s delay in establishing a medical ganja industry is providing other countries with the advantag... |
| Over-regulation impeding bloom of Jamaican cannabis industry [04.04.2017] | Over-regulation of Jamaica’s cannabis industry is deterring farmers from entering the legal market, and impeding development - indicating why drug po... |
| Ganja data war - MOH backs drug watchdog in weed clash, lobbyist standing ground [28.03.2017] | A standoff between the Ministry of Health minister and a lobbyist of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) has forced the National Council on Drug A... |
| Small ganja farmers to get help to legalise cultivation [20.03.2017] | The Government of Jamaica is to undertake a programme to help small ganja farmers benefit from a legal regulated cannabis industry. The project dubbe... |
| Seiveright urges ganja farmers to look beyond ‘so so weed’ [19.01.2017] | Delano Seiveright, a director of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA), says that ganja growers should look beyond farming “so so weed” in seeking t... |
| Chuck promises Rastas speedy approval of ganja requests [12.12.2016] | Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has moved to assure members of the Rastafarian faith in Jamaica that their requests to transport ganja to be smoked as ... |
| Cannabis authority to grant conditional permits by year end [21.11.2016] | The Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) in Jamaica expects to grant conditional licences by the end of the year for the growing and processing of ganj... |
| The Global Forum of Producers of Prohibited Plants (GFPPP) [27.10.2016] | The voices of affected communities involved in the cultivation of coca leaf, opium poppy and cannabis plants are lacking in the global debate on drug... |
| A lot has happened and a lot has not happened [20.10.2016] | At the recently concluded 6th Latin American and 1st Caribbean Conference on Drug Policy , held in Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, I started a dis... |
| Panel: Advances towards Cannabis Regulation [04.10.2016] | In spite of the prejudices and legal obstacles that persist in relation to a legal market for cannabis, it is undeniable that a strong movement towar... |
| American says he wants to protect Jamaica’s natural ganja [24.09.2016] | Anticipating that original ganja strains are likely to become extinct after the new, legitimate ganja industry opens up in Jamaica, American business... |
| Caribbean urged to rethink hard stance on marijuana [22.09.2016] | Chairman of the CARICOM Commission on Marijuana, Professor Wendel Abel, believes the Caribbean can benefit greatly from the decriminalisation of smal... |
| Overseas backers push ganja co-op for Jamaica [15.09.2016] | A group of international investors is looking to partner with local interests, particularly small farmers to corner the local and export market for g... |
| Cannabis in Latin America and the Caribbean [15.09.2016] | Cannabis (or marihuana) is one of the most widely consumed psychoactive substances in the world. According to the United Nations World Drug Report, 1... |
| Jamaica proposes marijuana dispensers for tourists at airports following legalisation [29.06.2016] | Jamaica is planning to install marijuana-dispensing kiosks for tourists who have a prescription for medical marijuana, in order to regulate a growing... |
| Thousands of Jamaicans see ganja records wiped clean [15.06.2016] | Almost 4,000 Jamaicans who had criminal records for minor ganja offenses have so far been issued with clean Police certificates under the Rehabilitat... |
| Smoke clears on cannabis licensing regime [14.06.2016] | Over a year ago Jamaica brought about reform to the legal landscape with regards to ganja through the Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act the (DDA). Afte... |
| Jamaica targets billions in taxes from weed [28.05.2016] | The Government is targeting annual revenue of US$2 billion from the ganja industry when regulations to govern the sector are finally in place. Minist... |
| Weed sellers worry - Ganja vendors not sure how to interpret new rules [28.05.2016] | For years, one of the most open secrets was that the section of the Coronation Market ‘Grass Yard’ was the place to get ‘high-grade’ ganja in whateve... |
| Rethinking drug prohibition on a global scale [01.05.2016] | Last month, the United Nations General Assembly met for the first time in history to reconsider international drug prohibition with an eye toward pol... |
| Holness Government urged to be bold and legalise ganja [25.04.2016] | The director general of the National Commission on Science and Technology, Professor Errol Morrison, said that while the decriminalisation of marijua... |
| Jamaica dropped the mic on 4/20 and told the UN to get its act together on weed [20.04.2016] | On 4/20, the unofficial holiday celebrated by marijuana enthusiasts around the world, Jamaica called for the UN to review the status of cannabis, que... |
| The old global consensus on the war on drugs is crumbling [09.04.2016] | Once a decade, the United Nations organizes a meeting where every country in the world comes together to figure out what to do about drugs — and up t... |
| 2015 the Year of Ganja in Jamaica [29.01.2016] | The issue of ganja played very prominently in Jamaica in 2015 with some advocates trumpeting the dawn of a “new green golden kingdom”, while some opp... |
| 14,000 fewer persons arrested on ganja charges since changes to law [25.01.2016] | National Security Minister Peter Bunting says the police have arrested 14,000 fewer persons for possession of marijuana. The announcement comes month... |
| Canadian investors show interest in local ganja [12.01.2016] | Following the lead of several US states in holding referendums which have been supportive of reducing the legal restraints on the use of the drug, Ja... |
| Govt urged to secure share of international ganja market [15.11.2015] | President of the Westmoreland Hemp and Ganja Farmers Association Ras Iyah is urging the Government of Jamaica to "align" with other countries to secu... |
|
:: |
|
Page 1 of 3
