The Cubans have cigars, and Jamaicans have ganja. So why have the traditional farmers behind Jamaica’s most celebrated crop struggled to find a place in its legal cannabis industry? In April 2026, Jamaica’s Cannabis Licensing Authority launched two special permit programs intended to bring traditional and small-scale ganja farmers into the regulated market. The permits lower some …
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I’m taking a massive bong rip in the middle of a group sesh when a cop suddenly shows up unannounced right behind me. Alarm bells go off – the last time something like this happened, I ended up in the back of a police cruiser staring down any number of potential unsavory outcomes. Except that we’re …
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Kingston. On postcards, it’s a watercolor hallucination. Too blue, too gentle, too serene to be real. To the south, the Caribbean glows that impossible warm turquoise, the kind that makes tourists believe in God. Spin north and the Blue Mountains rise cool and hazy. Tourists call it romantic. Locals know Kingston is a place where beauty …
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Ganja in Jamaica is more than just the cannabis plant; it’s a culture, a way of life, and an expression of people from varying cultural backgrounds who ended up on the Caribbean Island via the plantation model. The British monarchy was responsible for the cultural clash that saw enslaved Africans and indentured laborers co-mingling and …
GanjaVacations is proud to announce a new partnership with JACANA one of Jamaica’s leading cannabis companies with dispensaries in Ocho Rios, Kingston and Portmore. JACANA is a pioneering global, plant to patient, medical cannabis company, harnessing the power of nature to transform lives and dedicated to producing the world’s finest and most natural cannabis products. …
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It is hard to escape the delicious irony of Good Ganja Sense – a website recently launched by the government of Jamaica as part of a campaign to promote the safe medical use of weed. This is a government, after all, that used to send people to prison for this. The times are a changing. …
Advice on how and where to achieve the weed vacation we know you have fantasized about. And not just anywhere, but in Jamaica. The home for ganja! http://lacannabisnews.com/realize-your-ganja-vacation-fantasy/
Sha’Carri’s ganja vacation? Delroy Allen the owner and managing director of Takuma Boutique Hotel in Mt. Zion, Montego Bay, a GanjaVacations resort partner, is extending a complimentary one-week, all-inclusive vacation to US sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson. It’s a respite that, he hopes, will put her “on a track for spiritual and emotional renewal.” Well! Will she, …
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GanjaVacations in the news. Despite the headline which heralds our currently WIN a FREE Ganja Vacation in Jamaica promotion, this artice really an interview about who we are, what we do and our unique approach to cannabis tourism. Who knows, you may be motivated to start thinking about a ganja vacation. http://cannabis.net/blog/locations/how-do-you-win-a-free-jamaican-ganja-vacation-with-all-the-weed-you-want
The Bob Marley Museum, in Kingston will soon start selling weed. How cool is that. The reggae man is probably smiling in his grave. The Marley family and Docklight Brands will open a Marley Natural-branded dispensary at the museum which was Bob Marley’s home and recording studio. http://www.benzinga.com/markets/cannabis/21/06/21443704/exclusive-jamaicas-bob-marley-museum-will-soon-sell-cannabis#.YL7DgH3KwQM.twitter
Scared about venturing out on that ganja vacation you have been fantasizing about for some time? Jamaica has kept its COVID-19 rates very low and, despite the pandemic, foreign tourists have been visiting. And not only do they feel safe on the island, but they are also having a real good time. Here’s a personal …
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Thinking about a ganja vacation in Jamaica but worried about getting covid while there? Will having additional insurance make you more likely to get on a plane? The Jamaican Tourism Board hopes so. To wit, the government has introduced an insurance program to cover emergency medical services for visitors stricken with COVID-19 and other illnesses. The …
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Is weed legal in Jamaica? Inquiring minds want to know. You’ll find answers to this question plus a profile of one of the newer resorts on our portal as well as an attractive ganja vacation deal – all in our September newsletter. And yes, Madonna’s photo is not false advertising; she was photographed smoking weed …
The perfect way to spend a relaxing birthday – with a plateful of weed and a spliff in your mouth – in Jamaica http://dopemagazine.com/madonna-celebrates-birthday-with-cannabis-in-jamaica/
As we talk about and promote our Jamaican ganja vacation experiences, we have been getting questions regarding the safety of traveling there during this terrible and unpredictable corona virus pandemic. So, after the umpteenth conversation on the subject, we decided to fill the need for the kind of thoughtful, complete, coherent,and contextual answer that is …
Sick of the COVID-19 lockdown? We know that you are. And, now that the crisis is easing in certain states and you can get out of the house, wouldn’t it be nice to get away for a few days to celebrate your liberation from the quarantine? How about a ganja vacation? In Jamaica Mon! We …
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An interesting profile of reggae superstar Bob Marley who has become an iconic figure for advocates in the decades long fight to legalize marijuana. But, as the profile very aptly points out, for Bob, the use of ganja was spiritual; a religious rite. A way for him to connect with god (Jah), not just to …
Jamaica’s embrace of the business of cannabis continues to escalate with the opening of a new Kaya Herb House in Kingston. (Herb houses are what they call dispensaries on the island.) This new store is the 3rd by this company which already operates 2 facilities in, primarily, tourist areas on the island’s north coast. These …
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Meet Dr. Machel Emanuel, a botanist at the University of The West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. Between traversing the Caribbean to find seeds and the work he’s doing in his own garden, he’s trying to re-create “Supreme Ganja” – the strain once smoked by Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and other reggae icons in …
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