More than 10 kilogrammes, or roughly 22 pounds of legal cannabis, were recently exported to Canada by licensed Jamaican cannabis company, Global Canna Labs.
Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw made the disclosure at a CanEx Investment Summit at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Downtown Toronto, Canada, last Thursday.
Under the theme, 'Reducing barriers and finding ways to bridge the legal cannabis trade between Canada and the Caribbean,' the shipment was hailed by Shaw as a significant step in the development of Jamaica's nascent medical, therapeutic and scientific cannabis industry,” a release from the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) said.
Shaw, meanwhile, reinforced the Government's commitment to put the finishing touches on import/export regulations for the cannabis industry.
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