In Chile, hemp removed from the list of banned substances
Chilean Ministry of Health received a legal basis for the application of the various components and extracts (including psychoactive) hemp for therapeutic purposes. In addition, the country is now the pharmaceutical companies have every right to work with hemp substance and create medications based on cannabis preparations.
President of the South American leader's technical konoplevodstva last week signed a decree according to which even the psychoactive cannabis and its active components are excluded from the list of banned substances. Thus, the Chilean Ministry of Health received a legal basis for the application of the various components and extracts (including psychoactive) hemp for therapeutic purposes. In addition, the country is now the pharmaceutical companies have every right to work with hemp substance and create medications based on cannabis preparations.
More recently, when the psychoactive cannabis are on the list of banned substances, its cultivation, transportation and distribution of carrying very serious and long prison terms, even if the court been able to establish that the plant was used exclusively for medical purposes.
The decision of the state structures of the legalization of cannabis is not particularly surprised by the Chilean public, as the government has for a long time gradually introduce reforms in cannabis. For example, since last year, the regional authorities of the capital of Chile, Santiago, controls the production of medical cannabis for the pilot program, the Ministry of Health, cultivating on state plantations to 6,900 bushes psychoactive hemp, 20 various medical grades.
The next crop with the largest legal hemp plantations in South America, will be ready by the beginning of April, after which the plant will be recycled bumps in extracts of oils, which will be forwarded to the consumption of 4,000 sick people all over Chile.
It is also worth noting that in July last year, the authorities adopted a law on decriminalization of the cultivation and consumption of cannabis for medical and recreational purposes.
According to this law, Chilean citizens have the right to keep to yourself to 10 grams of cannabis for personal use, as well as bushes grow to 6 psychoactive cannabis at home.
Comment of the Association "Ukrainian industrial hemp"
Changes to the legal framework of the country due to the attitude of the citizens of Chile konoplevodstvu in general and the medical use of cannabis in particular. It must be borne in mind that most of the inhabitants of the country supports full legalization of cannabis. According to a poll conducted by research firm Cadem in 2014, 50% of citizens support the reform of Chile agree on legalization of psychoactive hemp for personal consumption, while only 45% are against. In a survey of citizens' opinions about the legalization of medical consumption, voted for the legalization of the vast majority of Chileans, not much is not enough, 86% of respondents.