$NEWC: Sannabis Makes Headlines After Products Showcased at the Inauguration of First Medical Marijuana Co-Op
New Colombia Resources, Inc. (NEWC), a Colombian company listed in the U.S., is pleased that Sannabis SAS, their Medical Marijuana joint venture, continues to make headlines. Sannabis products were showcased at an inaugural event for Caucannabis, Colombia’s first medical marijuana co-operative that includes 52 Indigenous families that will legally grow medical marijuana.
Caucannabis was formed by mayors of the Department of Cauca, home to Sannabis and Colombia’s largest marijuana growing region, where 50% of the nation’s marijuana is grown. The inauguration made major headlines due the visit from Colombia’s Ministers of Justice and Health who support this co-operative.
Sannabis has been growing medical marijuana and producing high quality, organic products in Cauca since 2014. In April they hosted the mayors of the Cauca Department at their facilities to be used as a model for the co-op. Sannabis is increasing their production to satisfy the demand for medical marijuana medicines, the addition of the co-op will add to the Sannabis supply chain.
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Trump’s VP Candidate Proves Bad News for Cannabis Reform
Donald Trump has just chosen Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate, proving bad news for those who hoped for a cannabis policy reform during the next presidency. Indiana still holds draconian drug laws, where possession of any amount of cannabis is still punishable by a $1,000 fine and 180 days in jail. House Bill 1006 was introduced in 2013 as an effort to overhaul Indiana’s criminal code.
A clause in the article called for lowering marijuana possession charges, where Pence refused to accept the lowered penalties and demanded a bump back up to a Class B misdemeanor for cannabis possession. Indiana’s archaic drug laws haven’t been updated partly because of Pence’s belief that cannabis is a gateway drug.
Medical Uses of Cannabis Throughout History
The discovery of cannabis’ medical properties can be traced back thousands of years, back to when its primary consumption was through eating the seeds for its high nutritional value. The seeds from inside the feminine flowers, their pollination referring to what we know as the buds. The buds hold the richest source of psychoactive and medically valuable cannabinoids.
About 2,800 B.C., a Chinese emperor who fathered a myriad of traditional Chinese medicines, praised cannabis as one its most valuable medicinal remedies. The flowers were used to overcome yin, rheumatism, malaria, constipation, memory loss, as well as menstrual cycle problems. In the second century, famous surgeon Hua To used a mixture of hemp resin and wine to compose anesthesia, performing complicated surgeries. References have been made to “kannabis” by the ancient Greeks. In 400 B.C., its use was documented for back pain, and in 70 A.C…
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