Her Parliament Costa Rica approved the legalization of cultivation, production, industrial processing and commercialization hemp for therapeutic purposes, after three years of discussions in Congress.
“With great satisfaction, after a very long journey with many delays, the bill was approved,” she said. Soila Volio, the Member of Parliament who spearheaded the initiative.
This decision will bring “economic growth”, will create “opportunities for the country”, as well as “investments and jobs”, the Mrs. Volio. “But the most important thing is that patients will be able to buy a good quality medicine at a reasonable price, to improve their quality of life,” he added.
According to the activist Isaac Amador, father of a child with cerebral palsy who uses hashish oil to relieve epilepsy, some 3,500 people in her country Central America use products of this type for therapeutic purposes.
According to him, until today many families of patients have been forced to procure such products illegally, to buy them from abroad, or, like him, to produce on their own, at home.
A study by the Costa Rican Public Trade Promotion Agency (PROCOMER) said that by 2025, the global hashish and therapeutic cannabis market will have a turnover of about $ 35 billion a year.
Internationally, some 20 countries approve the production and marketing of cannabis, including several in the Latin America, like the Argentina, the Chile, The Panama, the Mexico and the Colombia.
In Costa Rica, there is nothing left but President Carlos Alvarado to put his signature on the text that was voted yesterday (13/1) to become a law of the state. The President had expressed his support for the bill in the past. He has, however, a veto.
The production of cannabis plants and products will require a permit from the authorities.
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