Additionally, 73 licenses for retail, processing, transportation, and various other important duties have been awarded.ĭuring that same year, personal cannabis possession below two ounces was decriminalized and people who were previously convicted with a minor cannabis-related conviction were told that their records had been expunged. Since the market’s inception, Jamaica has given permission for 29 growers to partake in the industry. It took three more years following the law’s enactment for the first dispensaries to open their doors. Medical cannabis in Jamaica was legalized in 2015 under the Dangerous Drugs Amendment Act. Jamaica, on the other hand, has progressively been inching closer to complete cannabis reform. Numerous countries, such as the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Japan, and the Philippines, have waged a war against the cannabis plant over the years. Drug Enforcement Agency factsheet states that the drug is incapable of causing death by overconsumption. Some examples include myths that the plant may reduce sperm count, cause consumers to become lazy, and act as a “gateway” to other types of drugs.Ī rumor that cancer also causes fatal overdose is also debunked on Jamaica’s Good Ganja Sense campaign website. But now, with science and technology combined, Jamaica has in its arsenal a resource that puts into context, legislation, medical information, and an overall evidence-based dialogue that can change the attitudes and behaviors that Jamaicans hold towards ganja.”Īdditionally, misconceptions surrounding cannabis are featured on the campaign’s website. “We know very well too, the ills and thrills associated with the internet-much false health information has been spread far and wide.
“Ganja will no longer be underpinned by what has been passed down through oral traditions and old tales, but fact-based information that is now available at the fingertips,” said the head of the ministry, Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn.
“Burn ganja myths: not everything you hear about ganja is true” and “Go with the science: our scientists are learning more about ganja” are two slogans that have been recently featured on many of Jamaica’s public buses as part of the campaign. Known as the “Good Ganja Sense” campaign, the initiative is even accompanied by a song inspired by the potential of using cannabis to “boost lives.”Ī medical cannabis industry is unfurling across the sun-soaked Caribbean nation, where health leaders have found satisfactory evidence to suggest that a legal market may contribute to the economy through agriculture, entrepreneurship, and scientific research. The Jamaican Ministry of Health and Wellness is harnessing the power of public transport advertising and the internet to banish negative misconceptions surrounding cannabis.
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