Argentina's budding marijuana industry poised to flower
Buenos Aires has a unique cannabis business, where the business consists of everything except the cannabis itself.
Ignacio Goyret, the owner of the Basta de Lobby Shop, explains that he sells almost everything concerning cannabis, 99 percent.
"I don't touch seeds, and that's the remaining one percent," he said.
Sales of seeds and products with THC, the active chemical in cannabis, is illegal.
Courts have tolerated possession for personal use and, in specific cases, have recently allowed medicines containing THC.
There are no restrictions on the sale of flower pots, fertilizer and other equipment to grow marijuana.
Nevertheless, if police find the plants, there will be problems with the law.
Sebastian Basalo, the director of THC Magazine, said many people are interested in the business.
“We aren't talking about people only interested in the recreational use of cannabis,” Basalo said. “We are talking about a plant that as shown its...
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