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  • Jamaica Faces Marijuana Shortage as Farmers Struggle

    02/16/2021 7:13:39 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 38 replies
    AP News ^ | February 5, 2021 | SHARLENE HENDRICKS and DÁNICA COTO
    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. Jamaica, which foreigners have long associated with pot, reggae and Rastafarians, authorized a regulated medical marijuana industry and decriminalized small amounts of weed in 2015.