FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 25, 2015
CONTACT: Tracy Williams
[email protected]
(303) 489 4763
CGI TO ASSIST MARIJUANA COMPANIES WITH ENTERING NEWLY MINTED
JAMAICAN CANNABIS MARKET
CGI Opens Caribbean Office in Kingston
(DENVER, CO) -- Legislation to make provisions for ganja reform was approved by the Jamaican Cabinet and
tabled in the Senate in January 2015. This Bill, the Dangerous Drugs Act 2015, and popularly called the Ganja
Bill, opened the door to the emergence of new financial and commercial opportunities for companies who want
to do business in Jamaica.
As advisors for cannabis reform to the country of Jamaica, the Cannabis Global Initiative (CGI) is now offering
a full suite of services to assist companies wanting to be among the first to do legal cannabis business in the
Caribbean and has opened a second office in Kingston.
With the opening of its second office and CGI’s longstanding relationships with the Jamaican government,
policy stakeholders and the growing community, CGI is prepared to advise companies with placing their
products and/or services in the first Caribbean country to legalize marijuana for medicinal use. TessMaria
Leon, Director of Client Relations for CGI’s Caribbean team, heads CGI’s Kingston office.
“We’ve created a robust offering to ensure the best companies are being represented and positioned correctly
to do business in the Caribbean,” says CGI President Wanda James. “CGI has created a number of packages
with several levels of service designed to introduce cannabis-related businesses to Jamaican culture, lifestyle
and business infrastructure.”
For example, CGI’s Genesis Package offers businesses a comprehensive, highly-personalized introduction to
Jamaica including meetings with key industry representatives, growers and resort owners, assistance with the
negotiation and selection of retail, grow or commercial space, a private car and driver, and a local CGI
representative to accompany them for hands-on guidance.
Other packages are customized for those who would like to establish political connections, need culturally
sensitive advertising or public relations campaigns, or assistance with navigating licensing issues and
procedures, once the government makes licensing available.
Cannabis-related companies in the U.S. and beyond are encouraged to contact CGI for a review of the
packages available and to determine the best fit for their products and services.
For a consultation with the CGI team, please contact CGI Director of Marketing and Client Relations Nathan
Hildreth, 720-320-2400, or [email protected].
About CGI
Cannabis Global Initiative’s mission is to assist with the sustained growth, regulation and development of the
cannabis industry for municipalities, policymakers, small businesses, the community and other cannabisrelated entities in local, national international markets.
For more information, please visit: www.cannabisglobal.org.
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Contact us: 2015 York Street, Denver, CO 80205. Phone: (303) 835 3535
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