Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, November 18, 2019
The Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA) of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines will host two training sessions for traditional cannabis cultivators this week. The sessions on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) are designed to familiarize participants with global best […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, November 14, 2019
The Medicinal Cannabis Authority will embark on a series of training workshops for local doctors next week. The patient access training event will focus on prescribing and dispensing of medicinal cannabis.
Three training events are planned for the remainder of […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, October 30, 2019
A fair/er workshop for small medicinal cannabis farmers will be convened here later this week. The event is expected to culminate in the formulation of a fair-trade charter or protocol for the medicinal cannabis industry.
Organizers say the outcome of the workshop […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, October 22, 2019
Local traditional cannabis cultivators and OECS workers, intending to work on local, sub-regional and Canadian farms, stand to benefit from a new training programme in safe cannabis production methodologies. The Medicinal Cannabis Authority-MCA, of St. Vincent and the Grenadines is set to […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, October 9, 2019
Close to seventy (70) traditional cannabis cultivators in the North Leeward area were provided with a comprehensive update on the status of the medicinal cannabis industry on Tuesday.
MCA Chief Executive Officer Dr Jerrol Thompson updated the farmers on several issues including; […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, September 26, 2019
More than 100 Vincentians have so far found temporary employment in the medicinal cannabis industry here. They are involved in preparatory work to establish activities at various sites. These preparatory works include land clearing, excavation, installation of fencing and irrigation systems, assembling […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, September 11, 2019
The Cabinet of St. Vincent and the Grenadines has granted approval, based on recommendations from the Board of the Medicinal Cannabis Authority, for the issuance of licences to another group of investors.
In this round, medicinal cannabis licences have been issued to two […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, September 5, 2019
Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jerrol Thompson
and Chief Inspector Terral Mapp of the Medicinal Cannabis Authority-MCA, have
concluded a successful regulatory assessment visit to Canada and the USA.
The main purpose of their
visit was to meet with Ample Organics, a Canadian Seed-to-Sale (Track and
Trace) Software […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, August 22, 2019
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Rural Transformation, Industry and Labour Saboto Caesar, is among a range of speakers expected to address the fourth staging of the CanEx Jamaica Business Conference and Expo, slated for Montego Bay next month.
The event is to […]
Official release from the Medicinal Cannabis Authority
Kingstown, St. Vincent, August 15, 2019
The Medicinal Cannabis Authority (MCA) is reminding potential cultivators of medicinal cannabis that cutting down of fruit trees on lands intended for cultivation, is against its developmental agenda.
The
MCA says that persons who have already obtained approval or are awaiting
approval to legally […]