How Cannabis Is Making a Comeback in Colombia
Back when Juan Pablo Guzman started his cannabis cultivation business nearly two decades ago, the Colombian says he had to get permission from the country’s FARC rebels, the military and the police to bring his crops down from a small, 2-hectare plot up in the subtropical forests in the department of Cauca. But Guzman doesn’t consider himself a drug trafficker. Over the past decade, the 48-year-old balding man, who’s full of charm and speaks with a springy cadence, has transitioned to making medicinal products out of marijuana to help people in pain. “This,” he says as he pulls out a vial and drips a black, viscous glob on his finger, “is my medicine.”
Guzman is one of a growing group of Colombian entrepreneurs taking a big risk to treat patients with cannabis in a country where marijuana is practically a synonym for illicit drugs — and illicit drugs usually mean...
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