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Jamaica hoping to be world leader in medical marijuana

Submitted by Marijuana News on Fri, 05/15/2015 - 08:00

The Government intends to pull out all the stops to make Jamaica a world leader on the medical uses of marijuana.

Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining Phillip Paulwell said marijuana is one of the most researched herbs, and evidence is pointing to a significant number of medical benefits from the plant.

"There is now convincing data and evidence to support beneficial effects in relation to glaucoma, epilepsy, eating disorders and several more conditions, especially those affecting the nervous system," Paulwell said yesterday at a ceremony to hand over a marijuana research licence to the University of Technology (UTech) at the institution's Papine campus.

This licence permits the university to grow the herb for the purposes of research and development, in keeping with the provisions of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

A similar licence has been granted to the University of the West Indies.

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