St Vincent Opens First Medical Marijuana Lounge
One Caribbean Nation. St Vincent opens first medical marijuana lounge KINGSTOWN – Minister of Agriculture Saboto Caesar is encouraging traditional growers of marijuana to apply for permits to plant the crop under the government’s medicinal cannabis regime. “There have always been traditional cultivators. And first of all, I want to congratulate the traditional cultivators who have gone to the medicinal cannabis authority, and have received their licenses,” Caesar told iWitness News on Friday, at Canash Bay, where Greenhouse Café, a medical marijuana consumption lounge was opened at Coconut Grove. At Friday’s event, three doctors prescribed medical marijuana products after consultations with patients. Following the consultation, the Medical Cannabis Authority issued the patients a permit to buy medical ganja products for a year. The patients could also fill their prescription at the dispensary at the venue and use the medical marijuana products at the lounge. iWitness News asked Caesa...