{"id":23309,"date":"2019-01-11T10:43:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=23309"},"modified":"2019-01-11T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T14:43:08","slug":"govt-making-appointments-to-cannabis-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/govt-making-appointments-to-cannabis-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t Making Appointments to Cannabis Board"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The government is putting measures in place to finalise the appointment of members to sit on the board authority, a requirement of the discussed the Cannabis Act 2018.<\/p>

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There are nine members on the Board, seven of whom are officials of the Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They include the Attorney General, the Chief Medical Officer, the Commissioner of Police, the Comptroller of Customs, the Chief Agricultural Officer, a member of the Rastafarian Community, a Social Transformation Official. <\/p>

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Two persons of integrity are to be nominated by the Cabinet,<\/g> and are to come from scientific research, or medicine, or business or cannabis science. <\/p>

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According to a statement from Cabinet, the Attorney General will draw up the relevant instruments for the appointees, or their representatives, as stipulated by the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its meeting on Wednesday, the Cabinet also discussed the issuance of licenses for growing the plants, harvesting the stock, manufacturing the medicines in a secure laboratory, and dispensing the medicines. <\/p>

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“License fees are in the region of US$125,000; the law\u2019s regulations will contain the cost of each license. The Regulations are not yet ready though<\/g> the Attorney General indicated that the regulations will likely be completed by next week Wednesday, January 16, 2019,” a Cabinet statement said.<\/p>\n

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