After two years of planning, the medicinal cannabis industry has officially achieved lift-off.
The Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA) is reporting that it has received its first 15 applications just this week.
The disclosure was made yesterday by chief executive officer of the BMCLA, Dr Shantal Munro-Knight, during a virtual press conference via Zoom. She noted that the number would likely have been much higher, had it not been for setbacks resulting from the second wave of COVID-19. She also revealed while there had been overseas interest, the very first application for cultivation was from a Barbadian.
The first of the applications has come just a year after the organisation was established under Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Industry Act, 2019.