Colombian Government Finally Regulates Medical Marijuana Production


News from Panama / Monday, April 17th, 2017

One country after another are approving this legislation including Argentina who is next.

The Colombian government finally issued a decree, through the Ministry of Health, which regulates the production of medical marijuana, after the law that legalized this economic activity was approved in Congress on May 25th, 2016.

The law required regulation by Congress that finally came eleven months after the law approving the use of marijuana for medical purposes was passed. This decree was awaited by the production companies that were waiting to launch their products.

The decree “regulates the fees to recover the costs of services provided by the control authorities referred to in Article 2.8.11.1.4, to evaluate services to applicants or holders of licenses to use seeds for planting, cannabis farming and manufacture of cannabis derivatives, according to their abilities” in accordance with information published on RCN Radio.