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Jamaica May Have A Marijuana Shortage, Report Says

Eric Quintanar
Jamaica May Have A Marijuana Shortage, Report Says
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Jamaica, the Caribbean country home to more than 2 million people, may be facing a marijuana shortage due to a confluence of factors, including bad weather, fewer overall farmers, and even COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, according to The Associated Press.

“It’s a cultural embarrassment,” Tristan Thompson, an executive associated with the country’s legal cannabis industry, told AP. Thompson said that last year “was the worst” in terms of marijuana loss, and called it “laughable” that the country could be short on it.

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