KINGSTON, Jamaica — Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Dr. the Hon. Norman Dunn, says with medical cannabis gaining significant international traction, Jamaica remains on the cusp of being a major legal transshipment hub, Jamaica Information Services (JIS) reported on Wednesday, September 21.
Speaking at the fifth CanEX Jamaica Business Conference and Expo, at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James on September 16, Dr. Dunn said there is every reason to believe that Jamaica will become a huge part of this “lucrative” market, adding that “the best is yet to come.”
“One significant industry development this year was that, in February, we facilitated… the first legal transshipment of cannabis through Jamaica,” he noted.
“What this has done is to set the stage for Jamaica to become the hub of legal transshipment of cannabis for medical purposes. The quality of Jamaica’s indigenous strains, coupled with considerable local knowledge and Jamaica’s climatic conditions, makes this all a winning combination,” the State Minister added.
Dr. Dunn said it is not by coincidence that the island is known for “a lot of firsts” as it relates to agricultural products, citing, as examples, coffee, cocoa, and ginger being “number one in the world.”
“Obviously, there’s something about Jamaica that’s creating all these number ones. These are premium products across the world, not in the Caribbean or in North America… but in the world,” he argued.
Dr. Dunn said Jamaica, with its soil type and climatic conditions, has found a “sweet spot” which, if nurtured and handled properly, is bound to attract investors and new stakeholders – both local and foreign. See complete Jamaica Information Services article at https://jis.gov.jm/jamaica-poised-to-become-a-major-medical-cannabis-industry-player/
