In Colombia, it issued the first license for the cultivation of psychoactive hemp
Colombia could easily compete for hemp production level with the American state of Colorado, thanks to its sunny climate and resolution authorities to equip the open-air plantation.
PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings, which is a partner of the Colombian Corporation PharmaCielo (Canada) specializing in medical use of psychoactive hemp, notified the media of the country, the company has become the first winner of the government resolution on the cultivation of psychoactive hemp. According to the license, the company will be able to engage in the cultivation of cannabis, for further production of medicinal extracts. Plantation company will be located in the town area of Rionegro, in the province of Antioch.
The official PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings press release said: "Colombia offers hemp industry excellent conditions for growth In addition to the country's location in the equatorial, solar latitudes, Colombia has many different microclimates for the cultivation of certain varieties of plants, as well as very experienced and cheap labor and government. ready to actively contribute to the growth of the industry. "
In December 2016, President Juan Manuel Santos, the country radically changed Colombia's policy towards cannabis. At the level of regulatory legal acts in the country fully legalized cannabis for therapeutic use. It should be noted that only two years ago, the government sponsored the commercials on television, calling on farmers not to grow hemp, as this "weed that kills."
In an interview with a local newspaper company president PharmaCielo Colombia Holdings said that Colombia could easily compete on the level of production of hemp to the American state of Colorado, thanks to its sunny climate and resolution authorities to equip the open-air plantation. It is natural and climatic conditions of the country for growing psychoactive hemp on open ground, in contrast to the storage space, as it has to do growers in the United States, which is a clear competitive advantage.
Not everyone took the news of the licit cultivation of cannabis in the interests of foreign companies positively. For example, Senator representing the interests of "the Green Party of Colombia," Jorge Ivan Ospina, posted on the Internet video in which he is standing in the middle of mountain plantations of marijuana criticizes the decision of the authorities on cooperation with foreign companies, rather than helping already have experience in the cultivation of psychoactive cannabis communities of peasants and indigenous Colombian peoples.
Information taken from the site http://tku.org.ua