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The Cabinet of Antigua and Barbuda says it has authorized the immediate implementation of a request from the Cannabis Board for more staff and other facilities.<\/p>

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The Head of the Cannabis Authority and two of its members were asked to appear before Cabinet in order to report on the progress of granting licenses to potential operators.<\/p>\n

In order to move the process along the authority requested transferring three persons from positions within the public service to positions within the Authority, including an inspector.<\/p>

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A lab to measure the contents of the cannabis medicines to be produced was also approved.<\/p>

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It was agreed that a warehouse will be constructed where the harvested product can be measured and stored before the processing begins in a laboratory.<\/p>\n

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