Market & legal data in the cannabidiol sector in Guyana

18th September 2023: Guyana: In a recent interview with the press, minister of agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha said that Guyana will begin trial cultivation of hemp in early 2024, which will mark the first growing season since hemp was legalised with its regulation in August 2022.
8th November 2022: Guyana: The National Assembly yesterday passed the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (Control) (Amendment) Bill 2021, decriminalising possession of up to 30 g of cannabis, press reports. Anyone found with up to 15 g of cannabis will face mandatory counselling, while those found with between 15 g and 30g will be required to do community service.
10th August 2022: Guyana: The National Assembly has passed Industrial Hemp Bill 2022, which legalises hemp and hemp products, media reports. The bill allows for the cultivation and manufacturing of hemp and hemp products only by those licensed by the newly-created Industrial Hemp Regulatory Authority (IHRA) and will allow the minister of agriculture to promulgate regulations on their production and sale. Hemp is defined as “any plant of the genus cannabis and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts, and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis”.
20th May 2022: Guyana: The government has presented the Industrial Hemp Bill to the National Assembly, who will discuss and vote on it soon, press reports. Although a draft of the bill has not been posted yet on the National Assembly website, the bill will reportedly allow for hemp cultivation and the manufacture of hemp-derived products. It would define hemp as "any plant of the genus cannabis and any part thereof, and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3% on a dry weight basis".
10th March 2022: Guyana: Vice president Bharrat Jagdeo reiterated the government’s commitment to facilitating the plantation and production of industrial hemp, and was reported to have said that plantations could start by March 2022. The attorney general announced in February that the Hemp Bill was on the legislative agenda. Other details from the bill have yet to be announced.

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