Authorized the first medical cannabis center in the country | Chronic

While the Ministry of National Security has confirmed the qualification of the first center for the development of medicinal cannabis of the country, it will be in the province of Jujuy, Valeria Salech (founder of Mom cultivates Argentina) he said Chronic What "This decision generates more questions than answers or reactions."

Regarding the government decision, it is stated that a space will be set up to study and research the medical use of cannabis, its derivatives and unconventional treatments. The draft pilot plan (to be completed in June) will be carried out on an area of ​​5 to 15 hectares of the farm "El Pongo", located on the provincial road N ° 1, near the town of Pericó jujeña.

As for the harvest, it will be carried out in the open field and the seeds will be available at the end of the month to start with the same germination, with which, from the month of August, the cannabis oil could begin to be produced.

Mom cultivates Argentina is an NGO that has struggled for years to cultivate and improve the quality of life of people (including their own children). Founder Valeria said that "It was supposed that the government should consult with INTA and CONICET to be able to be cultivated for research purposes and, at some point, to import cannabis in order to give an immediate response to those who needed it. of this treatment now.personal culture, we are still waiting for the government to approve what we are doing.We were in 2016 to request the legalization of an activity that we cultivate for 5 or 6 years in order to generate a better quality of life people, we asked that it be bleached and there is a legalization for those who find an answer in cannabis accessing this therapy and that still does not appear, it is strange because we do not know why they badociate with a foreign company while there is so much knowledge in our country, with the willingness of scientists to work on the subject because they are organized s with a private laboratory, when there are nationals willing to work with this t ema. "

Asked about Bill 27,350 (approved in March 2017 and regulated in September), Salech added that "The objectives of this case are not understood, because the Minister of Security (Patricia Bullrich) does not allow a public or private place and a private place, and opens lawsuits that cost a fortune to the country for people who have two, three or four factories, it's as if you do not understand the nature of the management, the law says the opposite, it's about a national production, INTA and CONICET who are investigating and nothing happens, in fact there is no budget, The same amount for the cannabis program for medical purposes in Argentina is 300,000 pesos, or less than 10 pesos a day, and no researcher can work with this money, while it provides a budget for a program to give a response from the state., invest or empower a private culture that knows us for what purpose it will grow. "

The founder ended by saying that "Cannabis has become legal in most advanced countries for the treatment of pain and then for epilepsy, with which we have a team of partners, especially those who suffer from chronic pain, people of old age legal, but we continue. " without having a response from the state ".