Jamaica is well known for cannabis culture, and for tourists visiting who have medicinal cannabis licenses, it is easy to access cannabis when going on vacation to this destination.
Over the years, they've lessened restrictions on cannabis in Jamaica, with individuals allowed to allegedly possess up to 2 ounces without seeing a criminal record for it. But still, they insist that they are not looking to become like Colorado for cannabis tourism.
Jamaica became the first country in the Caribbean to decriminalize cannabis.
Because cannabis culture is so closely associated with Jamaica and Rastafarian culture, you might be surprised to discover that this country doesn't rank at the top for cannabis consumption. It comes in with the top 20 though. Surprisingly, other places like Iceland, New Zealand, USA, Nigeria, and Canada rank at the top. Iceland ranks at the top with roughly 18.3 percent using cannabis.
For Jamaica, their rate is sitting at roughly 7.21 percent, with other Caribbean regions like St. Lucia coming in at 8.87 percent, Barbados at 8.3 percent, the Bahamas at 5.54 percent.
There are some strains that are going to cost you a lot more than others. Loud Dream is said to be running for $800 an ounce, and prices obviously range from store to city, to country etc. In Vegas, one dispensary there sold an $11k cannabis-packed cigar that had 24 grams of weed in it.
The 5 most expensive cities for cannabis:
- Tokyo, Japan
- Seoul, South Korea
- Kyoto, Japan
- Hong Kong, China
- Bangkok, Thailand
With these above listed cities you might be paying easily more than $15 per gram, up to more than $22 per gram.
The 5 cheapest global cities:
- Quito, Ecuador
- Bogota, Colombia
- Asuncion, Paraguay
- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Panama City, Panama
For the cheaper options, you'll be seeing roughly $5-7 per gram, in Jamaica you might be paying $9 per gram or more, depending on the quality.
Aside from Iceland taking the cake with highest prevalence of consumption in previous lists, the ranking for which cities consume the most has put New York at the top previously. Followed by New York with the highest rate of consumption for a city, other regions included are Karachi, Pakistan, New Delhi, India, Los Angeles, USA, and Cairo, Egypt.
