The Gov­ern­ment of Do­mini­ca has of­fi­cial­ly launched the Na­tion­al Cannabis Ad­vi­so­ry Com­mit­tee, a ma­jor step to­ward build­ing a vi­able, sus­tain­able, and well-reg­u­lat­ed cannabis in­dus­try.

The Com­mit­tee held its in­au­gur­al meet­ing on Wednes­day, bring­ing to­geth­er a di­verse group of stake­hold­ers from the pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tors, civ­il so­ci­ety, and tech­ni­cal fields. Es­tab­lished by Cab­i­net, the Com­mit­tee has been man­dat­ed to serve for 12 to 18 months.

Among its key re­spon­si­bil­i­ties is the con­duct of a thor­ough as­sess­ment of the health, le­gal, eco­nom­ic, and so­cial im­pli­ca­tions of mar­i­jua­na use in the coun­try.