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FARC Rebels May Get Jobs in Colombia's Legal Marijuana Industry

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/30/2016 - 08:45

Members of Colombia’s FARC guerilla group, set to reintegrate into society once a peace deal is finalized, could find jobs in legal marijuana production under a new government plan to boost the rural economy by tapping into the medicinal cannabis market, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.

As the country makes history by being on the brink of a final peace agreement to end more than five decades of internal armed conflict, Colombia is also taking its first steps toward diving into the medicinal marijuana industry after recently legalizing the drug for medical purposes.

The Ministry of Health granted the first license to produce and export medicinal marijuana products on Monday to the Colombian subsidiary of the Toronto-based company PharmaCielo Ltd., the local newspaper El Colombiano reported.

Cannabis and its oil and extract derivative products can be used to treat chronic pain and illnesses such as multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and HIV/AIDS, as well as lessen the adverse...

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