As Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos signed into law on July 8 the scientific and medical use of marijuana, it offers new prospects for turning illegal drugs into positive uses.
This law, first drafted in 2014, met with strict opposition from conservative political forces, before Santos approved it, stating it was part of a new strategy to deal differently with the war on drugs in the country.
Colombia has strict rules concerning the production, sale, import and export, transportation or use of the seeds of marijuana.
The new law empowers companies to grow and sell the plant in limited amounts. An example of this is Ganja Farm, a company in Bogota, which has become a pioneer in Colombia for research in the medical uses and properties of cannabis.
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