Colombia’s first legal farmers’ co-operative begins medical marijuana production
Source: Colombia Reports
Colombias first legal farmers co-operative begins medical marijuana production
written by Thomas Smiley August 3, 2016
Dozens of marijuana growers in one of Colombias most war-torn regions have formed the countrys first legal medical marijuana cooperative.
Justice Minister Jorge Eduardo Londoño announced Caucannabis during a presentation while visiting the farmers in the southwestern Cauca province, reported local news website eje21.
The province currently produces more than half of Colombias illegal marijuana, but a legal framework is being set up that will allow the farmers co-op to provide marijuana for medical purposes.
Colombia recently legalized the production of medical marijuana and government plans include the granting of licenses to pharmaceutical companies to process, cultivate, and export Colombian marijuana.
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