Resources

Resources

Documents

Educational Ganja Tours Policy
Interim Procedures for Vertically Integrated Operations
Secure Definition Explanation -- All License Types
Interim Measures for Online Sales and Purchases (Retail Herb House)
Partial Harvest Policy
Secure Definition Explanation - Hemp Cultivators
Jamaica’s Cannabis Industry: Policy Framework
Interim Measures - Importation of Cannabis
Interim Measures - Export of Cannabis
GAP Manual (Crops FINAL) (reduced)
Applications Checklist
Bureau of Standards Presentation on Standards Applicable to the Cannabis Industry
A Regulated Cannabis Industry for Jamaica (September 2015) Recommendations by BOTEC Analysis
Fact Sheet – Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act 2015 (April 2015) Ministry of Justice
Statement by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade at the United Nation General Assembly Special Session
Application Form - Government of Jamaica Lands
Government of Jamaica - Land Divestment Process

Laws/Regulations

THE DANGEROUS DRUGS (CANNABIS IMPORT, EXPORT, TRANSIT AND TRANS-SHIPMENT) REGULATIONS, 2022
Dangerous Drugs (Amendment) Act, 2015
The Dangerous Drugs (Cannabis Licensing Appeal Tribunal) Regulations 2018
Jamaica Gazette CLA Appeals Tribunal Members Notice
The Dangerous Drugs (Cannabis Licensing Appeal Tribunal) Rules 2019
Gazette Supplement- Dangerous Drugs (Cannabis Licensing) (Interim) Amendment Regulations, 2017
Dangerous Drugs (Cannabis Licensing) (Interim) Regulations 2016
Dangerous Drugs Act 1948
Dangerous Drug (Amendment) Act, 2015

Press Releases and Speeches

Jamaica Facilitates Transhipment of Cannabis from SVG
CLA Endorses First Training Session Held in Jamaica on Compounding Botanicals
CLA Authorises Mines & Geology Division to Provide Testing Services to the Local Cannabis Industry
Press Release - CLA reviewing operational framework and strategic priorities.
Global Demand Increases for Jamaican Cannabis
Press release-Cannabis Licensing Authority- CLA Announces Appointment of Acting CEO .pdf
Press release-Cannabis Licensing Authority- Cannabis Licensing Authority- Bids Adieu our Board Chairman
Press release-Cannabis Licensing Authority- CLA Bids Adieu to CEO
Minister Shaw Welcomes New Chairman of the Cannabis Licensing Authority – Tasks Board to Pick Up The Pace of Growth
Press release-Cannabis Licensing Authority- No Ganja Shortage in the Medical Industry FINAL
CND votes on recommendations for cannabis and cannabis-related substances
CLA Temporarily Scales Down Operations Effective November 4, 2020.
“Transition is the Mission” - CLA Commences Stakeholder Consultation for Cultivator’s (transitional) Special Permit
No Hindrance to Commercial Exports while Import/Export Regulations are Impending
Licensed Retail Herb Houses Can Now Sell to Qualified Patients Online
Interim Measures for Import/Export of Cannabis | JAMAICA
Press Release: Cannabis Licensing Authority Hosts Inventory Management Workshop for Traditional Ganja Farmers in Accompong
Cannabis Business Tycoon Says CLA Is One of the Top Two Cannabis Regulators
Cannabis Licensing Authority Hosts Inventory Management Workshop for Traditional Ganja Farmers in Accompong
Cannabis Licensing Authority marks the Issuance of its 50th Licence
PRESS RELEASE: Due Diligence, the cornerstone of Jamaica’s regulated Medicinal Cannabis Industry
SPEECH: University of Technology 3rd Jamaican Medical Cannabis Integration Symposium (JAMECANN) 2018)
PRESS RELEASE: The Cannabis Licensing Authority Stands Firm on Maintaining a Medicinal Cannabis Industry
The Alternative Development Programme
Compliance & Monitoring Process presentation
Applications & Licensing Process presentation
The CLA Issues it's FirstTwo Licences
Is Jamaica's Ganja Industry Going Up in Smoke?
55 Facts about Ganja in Jamaica
Product approvals within Jamaica’s Cannabis Industry
Jamaica's Closed Loop Ganja Industry
Jamiaca's Cannabis industry in the global landscape
Conditional Approvals Granted
Public Advisory: Regarding The Local Availability Of Cannabis And Cannabis Derived Or Infused Products In Jamaican Retail And Other Outlets
Presentation on International Rules and Realities (presented at TownHall and Parish Meetings)
Presentation on Licensing Regime (presented at TownHall and Parish Meetings)
“New Cannabis Board approves long-awaited regulations”
“Jamaica’s Cannabis Industry start delayed”
“Cannabis Licensing Authority announces April 4 Start Date”