Red Light Holland (TRIP.C) announced today that the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) has granted authorization for the company’s iMicrodose packs to clear customs and get into the country.
Previously, the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines had granted authorization for legal import by TRIP’s subsidiary Scarlette Lillie Sciences and Innovation, and now they’re going to be received by Caribbean Gold Standard Laboratory in St. Vincent for further research and study.
“This is another groundbreaking step for the Company as we try to lead the way in legal Psilocybin-based consumer packaged goods imports across the world, with the ultimate goal of affordable and equitable access to our naturally-occurring products. We are extremely grateful for our collaborative relationship with the SVG Bureau of Standards and the Ministry of Health who worked closely with CGS Labs and Scarlette Lillie to secure authorization to import our iMicrodose packs to SVG,” said Todd Shapiro, CEO and director of Red Light Holland and Scarlette Little.
The Saint Vincent story
SVG changed their collective policies regarding psychedelics back in 2020 and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with three separate companies interested in the medicinal use of several psychoactive compounds. The general idea was that these companies would collaborate to find a scientific path toward building a commercially viable, science-based health and wellness system in SVG. The perimeters of the study were to avoid market saturation or fragmentation through careful selection of the companies involved.
The companies were Ajori Health and Wellness, SVG Biomed (which is now Headland Wellness) and Mera Life Sciences, which has since been picked up by Red Light Holland and renamed Scarlette Lillie Sciences and Innovations.
Here’s a list of the psychoactive compounds under consideration:
- psilocybin
- ibogaine
- peyote
- ketamine
- dimethyltryptamine (DMT)
- ayahuasca
- sassafras
The company relied on C-Crest Laboratories and Shaman Pharma in Montreal for shipping coordination, but the iMicrodose packs left the company’s Netherlands facility on March 15 and travelled to St. Vincent courtesy of the first-ever authorized import approval process completed by the SVG Bureau of Standards and Ministry of Health.
