Welcome to largest, legal marijuana field in Latin America

Story highlights

  • New field grows marijuana legally for approved medical use
  • Public approval of marijuana has shifted in Chile
  • 86% of Chile's populace approves of medical use marijuana

There are thousands of green, leafy, marijuana plants as far as the eye can see at different stages of growth. But this is not a clandestine field of pot in the mountains of northern Mexico, guarded by gunmen on the payroll of a drug cartel. It's a cannabis production site that is not only legal, but also endorsed and regulated by the government.

Welcome to the largest, and first, medical marijuana field in Latin America. The field, located in the Maule region of Chile, was officially inaugurated this week by the Daya Foundation, a nongovernment organization that advocates for the legal use of medical marijuana. The foundation has a permit issued by the Chilean government to grow medicinal cannabis.

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