Jamaica plans to become a center of psychoactive hemp production
By 2019, only the market of legal administration of psychoactive hemp in the United States under the existing conditions of legalization will bring medical cannabis producers about $ 13 billion in net profit. Having missed a few years on the creation of an appropriate legal framework making it possible to use cannabis for medical purposes Ukraine could be on the sidelines of the promising market of modern konoplevodstva.
Administration of the University of the West Indies (Kingston, Jamaica), reported to the media their plans to resume started back in the 70s of the last century of the program for the study of the properties of psychoactive hemp. The program prepared by specialists of the University laid the position, according to which the territory of the island is planned to create the production of quality hemp raw materials for use in the medical field. In addition, there are documents prepared theses to support hemp reform throughout the Caribbean region to create conditions under which there Wednesday, which will actively develop local companies that can compete with similar psychoactive hemp producers in Canada and the United States. According to the University administration, creation and development of hemp industry "in the region will be able to bring the necessary funds to countries for their development, and to create well-paid jobs to residents of the Caribbean."
According to the University, the laboratory staff began to study the features of cultivation of cannabis medical grades at the beginning of 2015. During this period, the authorities created a legal framework in which the cancers in Jamaica legally be cultivated, processed and used psychoactive cannabis for therapeutic purposes is not only legal, but also to individuals.
According to the director of the project for the study of medicinal properties of cannabis, Professor Archibald McDonald, climatic conditions, as well as the history of psihoaktvinoy hemp cultivation in Jamaica inspire healthy optimism. With the right approach to business, in Jamaica "programmed" to achieve positive results in the country initiated a process to rebuild the national konoplevodstva and development of the industry in the entire Caribbean region. The favorable climate extremely well contributes to the process of growing a very high-quality, high content of medicinal cannabis plant varieties, which allows cannabis to actively grow and develop not in greenhouses and in nature.
No need for additional costs for the use of fertilizers, the creation of modern systems of lighting and ventilation allows producers from Jamaica really compete with the American and Canadian producers, given the much lower cost of manufactured product. In the near future producers may saturate the Caribbean continental market in North and South America on the one hand very cheap, on the other hand very high-quality products. "We, as a country, will be able to become a leader in the field of psychoactive hemp production, used in the medical field. Hemp industry can be very profitable and an important pillar of our economy," said Professor McDonald.
In the latest edition of the news magazine of the university posted the materials, claiming that with the support of the University plan developed by the authorities in the region, Jamaica and other island nations will be able to fill an important niche in the American hemp market in the near future.
Comment of the Association "Ukrainian industrial hemp"
By 2019, only the market of legal administration of psychoactive hemp in the United States under the existing conditions of legalization will bring medical cannabis producers about $ 13 billion in net profit. Activity in the direction of the medical use of the Caribbean psychoactive cannabis must be another confirmation of the fact that changes in the profile law of Ukraine initiated by representatives of branch associations growers in our country is extremely relevant. Having missed a few years on the creation of an appropriate legal framework making it possible to use cannabis for medical purposes, the Ukraine may find itself on the sidelines of the promising market of modern konoplevodstva.
Information taken from the site http://tku.org.ua