They allowed the first medical cannabis production center in Argentina

February 5, 2019

The cultivation of medical cannabis will take place in Finca el Pongo, the tax territory of Jujuy.

The Ministry of National Security signed the authorization of the first center to develop medicinal cannabis in Argentina. It will operate in Jujuy and, in addition to production, scientific, medicinal and therapeutic studies will be conducted.

Jujuy will become the first province in the country to legally grow cannabis for medical purposes, in accordance with the law 27 350 sanctioned in 2017.

In a statement from the Ministry of Security, they said: "Following a comprehensive technical badysis by specialists in 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"

They approve the cultivation of cannabis at General La Madrid, city of Buenos Aires.

For its part, Gastón Morales, son of the governor Gerardo Morales and president of Cannabis Avatara Sociedad del Estado, said: "Having permission from the Ministry of National Security implies that the project of Jujuy province is safe in terms of prevention of any criminal event likely to occur"

Governor Morales' request was made last August. The harvest will be carried out in full field on an area of ​​5 to 15 hectares, and the seeds will arrive at the end of February to start the sprouting process, which is calculated "will last about two months, so that it will be transferred to the property from of the third, "said the businessman.

The pilot project plans to complete it in June in order to be able to "elaborate, with precise and concrete technical data, an industrial cultivation plan of a much larger area of ​​500 hectares over the next five years," he said. Mr. Morales.

Jujuy to grow marijuana for medicinal cannabis production

It seeks to obtain scientific certainty regarding the adaptation of the plant to the soil conditions, water, air and climate of the place.

To progress in production and industrialization, it is expected that start producing cannabis oil "between August and November of this year".