However, while almost every other Caribbean country is currently trying to reform their marijuana laws to at least legalize medical use — and second, Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have already done so — the Dominican Republic is not in sync with any plans to reform its laws. Only Cuba and Haiti also have no plans to legalize marijuana on the go. American founding fathers George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson all grew hemp. And for centuries, the plant has been used for all aspects of life, from clothing, fabrics, paper, ropes, food, medicines, building materials and sails to biodegradable plastics and fuels. One wonders how cleaner and less polluted the global ecosystem would be if hemp had become the dominant force in industry and society, rather than the petrochemical civilization more dependent on processing in which we now live. This is good news, especially for farmers, as it makes a significant contribution to GDP and hemp production will continue to increase profits. “Please join us, join us, be interested. Think about the future, your children, and think about how adopting a new industry like hemp could rejuvenate and improve the quality of life on this island. Hemp cultivation offers a future that offers something other than riding a motoconcho (motorcycle). Boyyy that hemp thing out there himself.
I had a colleague who found out she had cancer. But she was so optimistic about this hemp business. took their hemp-based medicines. Sadly, my poor friend passed away. Hemp didn`t help. We smoke it because it is already legal. So why not just make it official? We play too many stupid games here. Anyway, legal or illegal, it does not stop smokers and users. Never, never. So anyone who says to anyone who talks about it, “oh I hope it never legalizes, oh our country will destroy, oh blah blah blah,” the supporters don`t even hear all of you, because none of you can find properly secured justified research facts.
Only feelings, emotions and hearsay. 99% of you have never tried it, but you want to pretend to be an expert. Just remember that God placed ALL the herbs on earth for human use. How you use it is up to you. Finally someone who tells the truth. Everyone believes the rhetoric and does not even realize that other everyday substances are even more dangerous for our young people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXxCyPsVivE While it has been used as propaganda against oil companies. www.forbes.com/sites/natalieparletta/2019/06/28/could-hemp-be-the-next-big-thing-in-sustainable-cotton-fuel-wood-and-plastic/ The good news is that reform is gaining momentum in the regions in the form of the decriminalization of cannabis and a push to legalize medical marijuana. The recreational use of cannabis is still illegal in all countries, there are no exceptions. In 2021, CBD is illegal in Grenada, but under this law, locals and the world hope that it will soon be legalized, especially for medical purposes. Until then, we`ll wait and see.
The difference could not be more pronounced. Industrial hemp is a plant without chemicals or psychoactive properties. Industrial hemp has a THC content of less than 0.3% (tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana). In addition, hemp has been removed from its classification as a controlled substance. The bill defines hemp as the Cannabis Sativa L. plant and any part of the plant with a concentration of delta-9 THC not exceeding 0.3% dry weight. Hemp has no psychoactive effect or properties. As such, it was removed from the Controlled Substances Act, paving the way for the completely legal cultivation, possession, sale and distribution of the hemp plant.
The use, distribution or possession of cannabis or CBD is illegal in St. Kitts and Nevis, but it was decriminalized in a landmark government decision in 2019. I hope Da will take the right step and legalize it NOT decriminalize. The second option will be a bad choice. It will not stop trafficking, protect consumers from bad products, and generate revenue for the state. Legalize it, sell the distribution license to two or three operators per country, and then demand payment of a flat annual fee plus a sales commission. Then, the money collected can be used against illegal trafficking or other drugs such as crack and coxcaine. And also for the educational program for our children. I think that is the only way to do it.
Decriminalization will open a new highway for criminal and illegal trafficking Dominican Elvis “Papi” Edwards, director of CBDxr, a U.S.-based participant in the cannabis and hemp industry, has been given the green light to export seeds outside the U.S. Aside from a totally undeserved stigma created by an industrial juggernaut using its political allies to eliminate its biggest competitor through a campaign of absolute lies and racially exaggerated fabrications, there is absolutely no reason not to grow hemp and reap all the socio-economic benefits of growing hemp in 2021. Nothing. St. Lucia has strict cannabis laws and it is 100% illegal. CBD laws in the Dominican Republic are on par with those in Guatemala. Anything related to cannabis, even remotely, is illegal.