Commercial Cannabis Licenses Could Open By September

Cannabis regulators hope to start accepting applications from businesses hoping to legally sell cannabis products in the U.S. Virgin Islands by September, officials said Tuesday.

Joanne Moorehead, executive director of the Office of Cannabis Regulation, told the Cannabis Advisory Board there were still many steps before she could give an official date that applications would be open, however.

“I really hesitate to put time frames on when we can roll things out because there are so many moving parts,” Moorehead said. “I know everybody is eager to see those come on stream and we are definitely working towards that.”

The office had been working closely with the Licensing and Consumer Affairs Department, she said, to assess what still needed to be done and what had for-sure been completed. Currently, the office offers cannabis licenses for adult caregivers, sacramental organizations and individual sacramental users, medical patients and medical practitioners. Two of these practitioners have received license approval, Moorehead said, and another license was pending.