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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Chile harvests first marijuana plants in project to help ease the pain of cancer sufferers 🌿Chile harvests first marijuana plants in project to help ease the pain of cancer sufferers
Chile has harvested its first crop of medicinal marijuana as part of a pilot programme that is aimed to ease the pain of cancer sufferers.
Cameras were allowed in to see the first harvested marijuana plants being picked at the heavily guarded growing facility in the La Florida district of Chile’s capital Santiago.
The 850 cannabis seeds from the Netherlands, were first planted in October following a decision by Chilean health authorities to allow marijuana to be grown for medicinal purposes.
The pilot that is co-run by La Florida municipality and pain-relieving therapy charity the Daya Foundation, will see cannabis oil extracted from the plants and given to 200 selected cancer sufferers. Speaking to local media during the harvest, Daya's president, Ana Maria Gazmuri, said: “We're laying the foundations for what will be the national production of medical cannabis."
Cecilia Heyder, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2011 said...
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