Commercial cultivation began in the 1970s: the hilly volcanic interior, rich soil and scattered empty islands made the country an excellent place to grow and move cannabis.[1] Before that most local cannabis came from Colombia or Trinidad.[1] Many of the new growers were young people who had worked on banana farms until price downturns collapsed the banana industry.[1]
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