The government has authorized the first medical cannabis treatment center in the country

The Ministry of Security of the Nation yesterday signed the authorization of the first center for the development of medical cannabis in the country. It will operate in the province of Jujuy and include scientific, medicinal and therapeutic studies.

"Having the authorization of the Ministry of National Security implies that the project of the province of Jujuy is safe in terms of prevention for any criminal event likely to occur," he said. Telam Gastón Morales, president of the jujeña company Cannabis Avatara S.E, badociated with the American Green Leaf Farms International.

The request of the governor of this province, Gerardo Morales, was made last August. It was at this time that Security asked the National Gendarmerie to inspect the facilities of the "Finca El Pongo" located on Provincial Highway 1, near the city. from Perico.

"On the basis of a comprehensive technical badysis carried out by specialists of the federal forces, it was concluded that the institution had the necessary safety standards and complied with the legal guidelines imposed at the national and provincial levels"said Patricia Bullrich's portfolio in a statement.

Thus, the first authorization of a space dedicated to the study and research on the medicinal use of cannabis, its derivatives and its unconventional treatments, was granted, in accordance with the law 27,350 sanctioned in 2017 .

In this way, Jujuy will become this year the first province in the country to legally grow cannabis for medical use, which will mark "a milestone" and will have a "safe in terms of prevention", said Gastón Morales.

The draft pilot plan will be based on an area of ​​5 to 15 hectares of the farm El Pongo, on public landsand help achieve "scientific certainty regarding the adaptation of the plant to the soil, water, air and climate conditions of the site".

They believe that the pilot project will be completed in June and that they "will be ready to elaborate, with precise and concrete technical data, a plan of industrial culture of a much bigger surface of 500 hectares. over the next five years, "said Morales. .

The harvest will be done in the field and the seeds will arrive later this month to start the germination process., which is calculated "will last about two months, so that it will be transferred to the property from the third," said the business man.

To advance in production and industrialization, the jujeña company calculates that it will start producing cannabis oil "between August and November this year".