Chile to Harvest the Hugest Marijuana Crop in Latin America

[Judi Lynn]

Chile to Harvest the Hugest Marijuana Crop in Latin America
Published 19 January 2016



Despite being notorious for its conservative ways, Chile has become a pioneer in production of marijuana medicines to provide for free to cancer patients.


The biggest marijuana plantation is not in Uruguay or Mexico, not even in Peru or Colombia, but in Chile, where in march they will harvest close to 7,000 cannabis plants for medicinal purposes, Spanish news agency EFE reported Tuesday.

Despite being notorious for their conservative ways, Chile has become the first Latin American country to cultivate and harvest cannabis for medicinal uses.

"Even if people do not believe it, Chile is now the regional pioneer in medicinal cannabis cultivation,” Ana Maria Gazmuri, president of Daya Foundation, an organization that promotes and researches therapeutic alternatives, told EFE.

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[Judi Lynn]

1. Latin America's Largest Medical Marijuana Farm To Help Treat 4,000 Patients Across Chile

Latin America's Largest Medical Marijuana Farm To Help Treat 4,000 Patients Across Chile
By Rina Marie Doctor, Tech Times | January 20, 9:28 AM

Chile has joined its fellow Latin American nations in accepting medical marijuana. On Tuesday, Jan. 19, the largest medical marijuana farm in Latin America was formally inaugurated in a small Chilean town.

The 6,900-stalk farm is located in Colbun, which is 170 miles south of Chile's capital, Santiago. The organizers say they hope to sow about 1.65 tons of marijuana between March and May 2016. With such harvest, the plantation may help treat about 4,000 patients from all across Chile.

The project will be organized by Daya Foundation, a local non-profit organization.

Project leaders are set to collaborate with different laboratories and academic institutions to create therapies for pain, cancer, epilepsy and other medical conditions using cannabis.

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http://www.techtimes.com/articles/125932/20160120/latin-americas-largest-medical-marijuana-farm-to-help-treat-4-000-patients-across-chile.htm