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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
To: ameribbean expat
Maybe the country ill start running better.
To: ameribbean expat
They wont know what to do, everyone will stop buying snacks and show up for work.
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posted on
02/05/2021 5:58:12 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Secret Agent Man
We could be the OPEC of cannibus exports.
To: ameribbean expat
RE: Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle
Where is the market for this?
To: ameribbean expat
Oh no mon, I kyan’t believe it mon
To: nevadapatriot
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posted on
02/05/2021 6:10:28 PM PST
by
buckalfa
(I have forgotten more than I ever knew.)
To: All
First the bob sled team problems and now this. How much can a country take?
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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.)
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.
To: Antihero101607
To: ameribbean expat
Don’ worry mon... Kamala will bail them out
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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. )
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…
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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. )
To: ameribbean expat
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posted on
02/05/2021 6:19:03 PM PST
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: ameribbean expat
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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. )
To: Antihero101607
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posted on
02/05/2021 6:22:37 PM PST
by
EEGator
To: ameribbean expat
🎵Every time I plant a seed he says kill it before it grows.🎵
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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. )
To: ameribbean expat
South Dakota can grow pot, and export it.
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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!)
To: ameribbean expat
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posted on
02/05/2021 7:03:21 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: ameribbean expat
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!)
To: ameribbean expat
I don’t believe this story. It’s called “weed” because it grows everywhere like weeds do.
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