Konoplevodstvo Colombia - an overview
The Ministry of Health of the country fully supports the development of this promising market with a view to creating jobs and improving the life of the community.
In December 2015, the Colombian government authorized the cultivation of cannabis for medical purposes. During 2016, a sharp jump in the development of the country konoplevodstva - expanding range of products, opening new stores in central and local print media widely advertised products Hemp. As it develops konoplevodstvo Colombia a year after the licit cultivation of cannabis will try to show in this publication.
Hemp - "sacred" plant for doctors
Luis Ernesto Gomez Castaño - physician practice over the past 40 years, believes that the use of cannabis for medical purposes is much more effective than other medications.
According to him, "Hemp -" sacred "plant for doctors. In the course of studies in the last ten months, we have worked with 143 patients with epilepsy. They observed a decrease in seizure frequency per day 7-10 1-2. At the same time it recorded a complete lack of dependence on psychoactive constituent of cannabis. " According to the doctor, even psychoactive components of cannabis are less dangerous than the side effects of traditional medicines, which are used to take patients. In addition, during treatment not smoked cannabis and taken orally.
Treatment of cancer, epilepsy and other diseases - are the main directions of use of new pharmaceutical products, which are produced on the basis of hemp.
Grow Pharmacy - one of the first Internet pharmacies that implement products based on hemp - inflammatory balms, creams, edible oil, etc. According to Valentin Palacio Mendez, deputy director of the above "Hemp pharmacies", hemp oil helps people who suffer from muscle pain, poor digestion, sleep disorders, migraines or with cancer patients after chemotherapy.
The first international exhibition
From 22 to 25 November in ExpoMedeWeed was an exhibition, which presented their achievements in the field of therapeutic cannabis about fifty participants. So the Colombian Pharmaceutical Research Laboratory introduced two types of extract from the cannabis plant. One speaks raw material in the manufacture of medicaments in the form of tablets or capsules, and the second used in the manufacture of dermatological creams and ointments.
Hemp - multifunctional plant
Biotecnica Italian company plans to open a subsidiary in Colombia. At the exhibition the representatives of the company in its exposition displayed the most advanced uses of hemp. For example, in Italy, hemp is used in the construction, food, textile and cosmetic industry, which allows to obtain a wide range of diversified products, which are steadily increasing demand. These areas of the Italians are planning to engage in Colombia, focusing primarily on the pharmacological use of psychoactive hemp.
In addition to the Italian market for Colombian growers are actively interested representatives of other developed konoplevodcheskih countries. For example, a pioneer in obtaining a license for the cultivation of cannabis in Colombia was Colombian-Canadian Laboratory PharmaCielo - June 2016.
The Ministry of Health of the country fully supports the development of this promising market with a view to creating jobs and improving the life of the community.
Comment of the Association "Ukrainian industrial hemp"
The next significant event in Colombia, associated with the use of psychoactive cannabis legal for medical purposes will be the «Feria Copa Cannabica: El Copo», scheduled for 27-29 May 2017 in the city of Medellin.
Information taken from the site http://tku.org.ua