Jamaica faces marijuana shortage as farmers struggle

[Zorro]

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.

Jamaica is running low on ganja.

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.

https://www.tampabay.com/news/nation-world/2021/02/05/jamaica-faces-marijuana-shortage-as-farmers-struggle/

Damn climate change.

[SunSeeker]

1. "It's a cultural embarrassment"

Ya mon.

[SergeStorms]

2. That's a national nightmare.

What will all the dreadlock Rasta brudders do? Jamaica'n me crazy, don' you know. 😱

[blueinredohio]

3. Now that's A crisis!