Chile Harvests the Largest Legal Marijuana Plantation
Santiago, March 22 (IANS) Authorities have started harvesting the largest legal marijuana field in Latin America in a rural area in southern Chile, the media reported on Tuesday.
The initiative, which has been authorised by the Chilean government, will transform the buds of 6,000 marijuana plants growing near the city of Colbun into different phytopharmaceuticals for 4,000 patients free of charge.
"It is an important day. We want it to be the first harvest of many more to come in Latin American countries," Ana Maria Gazmuri, president of the Daya Foundation, an organisation for the promotion and research of alternative therapies, which fosters the initiative, told Efe on Monday.
The objective of the project is to generate three large clinical studies that will be developed by the Chilean National Cancer Institute and two hospitals.
The research is funded by 20 municipalities of the country and is expected to benefit patients...
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