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Post by scumbuster on Aug 4, 2016 11:17:46 GMT -5
Colombia’s first legal farmers’ co-operative begins medical marijuana production Dozens of marijuana growers in one of Colombia’s most war-torn regions have formed the country’s first legal medical marijuana cooperative. Justice Minister Jorge Eduardo Londoño announced “Caucannabis” during a presentation while visiting the farmers in the southwestern Cauca province, reported local news website eje21. The province currently produces more than half of Colombia’s illegal marijuana, but a legal framework is being set up that will allow the farmers’ co-op to provide marijuana for medical purposes. Colombia recently legalized the production of medical marijuana and government plans include the granting of licenses to pharmaceutical companies to process, cultivate, and export Colombian marijuana. Poor local farmers, indigenous and various pharmaceutical companies would proposedly benefit from the government implemented program. The initiative stems partially from peace talks with leftist FARC guerrillas in Havana, Cuba, where the issue of eliminating illegal cultivation of crops like coca and marijuana was one of the main issues on the agenda. The government has stepped up these programs so that the local farmers won’t suffer if and when FARC sign a final peace deal. The FARC have vowed to work with local communities like the one in Cauca to eradicate illegal crops if the peace agreement is signed. In practice this has already begun. The guerrilla group recently began its participation in a pilot crop substitution program in the northwestern Antioquia province. colombiareports.com/colombias-first-legal-farmers-co-operative-begins-medical-marijuana-production/
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Post by scumbuster on Aug 4, 2016 11:45:47 GMT -5
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Post by papitohead on Aug 4, 2016 11:50:47 GMT -5
Best grown stuff does not necessarily have to be grown in Colombia. For years they have been growing good strains in California (sin semillas). The problem with the Colombian cannabis is that they just grow lots of plants in a field, harvest after seeding and throwing all the stuff together to ship as a final product. This also includes male plants. So yes, you can do better in your apartment or back yard. Just do it right and you will have the greatest you will ever find.
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Post by scumbuster on Aug 4, 2016 13:05:11 GMT -5
With the pricing now in Colombia you need to find a local grower and offer to just buy flowers, then process your own medicine. It might cost a little more but the quality would be well worth the extra.
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