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Uruguay's First crop of legal marijuana: 300 grams of cannabis per plant

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Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/16/2016 - 09:26

Licensees for distribution began planting and harvesting this week. The product will be delivered to pharmacies in packs of 5 and 10 grams

The two companies responsible for the production of legal marijuana in Uruguay are collecting about 300 grams per plant in the first harvest that began this week, reports the local publication Ecos.uy, working with government sources.

The president of the National Drug Board (JND), Juan Andrés Roballo, told reporters "soon will be the first harvest of the successful tenderers (ICCorp and Simbiosys)" which since February have been working in the fields of the Institute of Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA) for the production of the plant.

The harvest will continue the following week, and at the end will be 15 days for drying marijuana and about 7 more for the manicuring of the plant, according to information published.

Packaging and storage of marijuana will occur in about...

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