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October 2019
 

28 October 2019

State Minister in the Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Ministry, Hon. Floyd Green (left), listens attentively to a point being made by Mayor of Savanna-la-Mar, His Worship, Councillor Bertel Moore (right), to President of Apollon Formularies Jamaica, Dr. Stephen Barnhill, at the official opening of Doc’s Place Wellness Centre and Apollon Formularies Jamaica in Negril, Westmoreland, on October 25.

Green calls for more investments in R&D in local cannabis industry

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 28 Oct 2019    communications   
State Minister in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Floyd Green, is calling for more investments to be made in the area of research and development in the local cannabis industry. Addressing the official opening of Doc’s Place Wellness Centre and Apollon Formularies Jamaica in Negril, Westmoreland, on October 25, Mr. Green noted that “this is where we need to go (in developing) our strains to see the benefits of ganja”. “We want to encourage more investors to look at this end of the industry. Yes, we want to see more dispensaries. Yes, we want to see herb...


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