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Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle
AP ^

Posted on 02/05/2021 5:55:44 PM PST by ameribbean expat

Heavy rains followed by an extended drought, an increase in local consumption and a drop in the number of marijuana farmers have caused a shortage in the island’s famed but largely illegal market that experts say is the worst they’ve seen.

“It’s a cultural embarrassment,” said Triston Thompson, chief opportunity explorer for Tacaya, a consulting and brokerage firm for the country’s nascent legal cannabis industry.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Gardening
KEYWORDS: cannabis; marijuana; pot; wod
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Things are starting to get serious./s
1 posted on 02/05/2021 5:55:44 PM PST by ameribbean expat
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Maybe the country ill start running better.


2 posted on 02/05/2021 5:56:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
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They wont know what to do, everyone will stop buying snacks and show up for work.


3 posted on 02/05/2021 5:58:12 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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We could be the OPEC of cannibus exports.


4 posted on 02/05/2021 6:00:45 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET (1)
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RE: Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle

Where is the market for this?


5 posted on 02/05/2021 6:00:58 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: ameribbean expat

Oh no mon, I kyan’t believe it mon


6 posted on 02/05/2021 6:07:04 PM PST by nevadapatriot
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To: nevadapatriot

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak93pjr2mew


7 posted on 02/05/2021 6:10:28 PM PST by buckalfa (I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
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First the bob sled team problems and now this. How much can a country take?


8 posted on 02/05/2021 6:11:49 PM PST by BipolarBob (It's all fun and games until Mrs. Bipolar catches me posting on Free Republic without permission.)
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To: ameribbean expat

I knew how to post a gif or an image here, it would be the “Oh God! Oh, Man!” guy from Tough Guys Don’t Dance.


9 posted on 02/05/2021 6:14:17 PM PST by Antihero101607
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5k_arVcqR8


10 posted on 02/05/2021 6:16:01 PM PST by Antihero101607
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To: ameribbean expat

Don’ worry mon... Kamala will bail them out


11 posted on 02/05/2021 6:17:08 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: SeekAndFind

Next we will be hearing stories about how the recreational pot stores are putting a dent in the cartel profits so they are having to move and other drugs and human trafficking and ransom…


12 posted on 02/05/2021 6:18:23 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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13 posted on 02/05/2021 6:19:03 PM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

L


14 posted on 02/05/2021 6:19:54 PM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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15 posted on 02/05/2021 6:22:37 PM PST by EEGator
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To: ameribbean expat

🎵Every time I plant a seed he says kill it before it grows.🎵


16 posted on 02/05/2021 6:53:50 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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South Dakota can grow pot, and export it.


17 posted on 02/05/2021 7:01:29 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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What’s the Rasta Gourmet to do?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNrbOkvOErk


18 posted on 02/05/2021 7:03:21 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Perhaps they could look for help from the Jamaican Vice President of the United states! Perhaps she could advocate for them!

(Yes, she has dual citizenship with the United States!)


19 posted on 02/05/2021 7:18:52 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: ameribbean expat

I don’t believe this story. It’s called “weed” because it grows everywhere like weeds do.


20 posted on 02/05/2021 7:21:24 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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