Jamaica must stake claim on local marijuana strains, says Wheatley

(JIS) – Science, Energy and Technology Minister, Dr Andrew Wheatley, says the country must stake its claim on all local strains of marijuana for research and development.

Jamaica, it is said, has some of the best or finest marijuana strains in the world, which include the Jamaican Lamb’s Breath (or Lamb’s Bread) and Marley’s Collie.

“It is like our birthright and we cannot allow persons from outside to come and take away our birthright,” he argued.

He said it is believed that one country is “in possession of all our indigenous strains and is doing research on all of them.”

“We have to position ourselves, we have to take on the mantle (and) do what we have to do… as it relates to medicinal marijuana research,” the minister stressed.

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