Five more chosen to operate marijuana dispensaries in RI providencejournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from providencejournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kevin Arthurs, C.E.O., Ministry of New Growth Industries
“This conversation that we’ve been having in relation to cannabis has been a very long one. I had the benefit of going through some of the past articles and paperwork in relation to the conversation, the national conversation on marijuana and cannabis and I realize that since 2015 we’ve had a decriminalization of marijuana committee that was active and in fact they tabled, I believe, a report and then that led to the passage of the Misuse of Drug Amendment Bill in 2017. So the issue of recreational cannabis has been a legal decriminalized topic for at least three years. So this is the matured and maturing context of that conversation.”
Town Hall-style Meeting to Discuss Hemp Industry in Belize channel5belize.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from channel5belize.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Isani Cayetano, Reporting
The great debate on hemp production and the resulting legalization of marijuana has seen politicians, religious leaders, as well as the head of law enforcement, weighing in on the pros and cons of this new growth industry. From a scientific and commercial perspective, cannabis has much to offer. While detractors criticize its recreational use, proponents, including CEO Alex Lavin, realize the benefits of producing and consuming cannabis on a large scale.
Alex Lavin, C.E.O., Growth Industries
“I believe in the power of this plant, I believe in the economic capabilities of this plant and I really, what I would want nothing more is access in everywhere because if certain countries slow down it also has a trickle effect in the rest of the
Jan 5, 2021
Kareem Musa
The hemp industry is back in the spotlight tonight, following a Cabinet decision on Monday to constitute an inter-ministerial taskforce to carefully go over the Misuse of Drugs Act. That committee will then make recommendations to amend the existing legislation in order to enable the proper development of the hemp industry. It will also establish a national hemp policy and other systems of monitoring the progress of the budding industry. The committee will draw from expertise in three areas, including the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Home Affairs and New Growth Industries, as well as the Ministry of Sustainable Development, represented by ministers Jose Abelardo Mai, Kareem Musa and Orlando Habet, respectively. Last Tuesday, Ministry of New Growth Industries, Kareem Musa, confirmed a partnership with Alex Lavin, Chief Executive Officer of Growth Industries, a cannabis production company in the United States.