They allowed the first medical cannabis development center

The Ministry of National Security has signed the authorization of the first medical cannabis development center in the country, which will operate in Jujuy province and where scientific, medicinal and therapeutic studies will be conducted, announced today. the ministry.

"Having the authorization of the Ministry of National Security implies that the project of the province of Jujuy is safe in terms of prevention of any criminal event likely to occur," said Gastón Morales Telam, president of the company Avatara SE

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 conducted by federal force specialists, it was concluded that the institution had the necessary safety standards and that it complied with the legal guidelines imposed on national and provincial levels, "said Patricia Bullrich. 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 .

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

The pilot project will be based on an area of ​​5 to 15 hectares of the El Pongo farm, located on state land, and will contribute to create "scientific certainty as to the adaptation of the plant to the soil, to the ground. water, air and soil conditions ". climate of the place ".

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 open field and the seeds will arrive at the end of the month to start the germination process, which is calculated "will last about two months, so that it will be transplanted to the farm from the third", said the contractor.

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

For his part, MPP Alejandra Cejas today filed a complaint with the Jujuy Superior Court of Justice to demand the unconstitutionality of the law creating the cannabis company Avatara SE by claiming that it was not possible for them to do so. "It has drug export purposes for the United States".

"Four days ago, we learned that the American company Green Leaf Farmas International, which is the counterpart of this Jujuy-based company, announced that it was leaving all of its operations in North America to come to Canada. install in Jujuy and plant 14.6 hectares on the farm El Pongo, "said legislator Telam.

Cannabis Avatara was created last October by law 6088, which allows it to promote "the cultivation, production, industrialization and commercialization of cannabis for scientific, medicinal and / or therapeutic purposes", was officially reported.