Clever Leaves First Colombian Company to Export Medical Cannabis to Canada February 7, 2019 Press Release Canada, Colombia, South Of The Border 0 Comments PRESS RELEASE Health Canada has authorized Clever Leaves to import dry cannabis flower for scientific purposes Bogotá, Colombia, February 7, 2019 -- Ecomedics S.A.S., (“Clever Leaves” or the Company”), a leading vertically-integrated Colombian licensed producer of pharmaceutical-grade medical cannabis serving… Read More→
Canadian Marijuana Company Looks to Colombia For Production March 11, 2017 AggregatedNews Canada, South Of The Border 0 Comments CORINTO, Colombia — For years, Blanca Riveros has had the same routine: After fixing breakfast and taking her son to school, she heads home to a large plastic trash bag filled with marijuana. She trims the plants and gets them… Read More→
Mexican Senate Passes Medical Marijuana Bill December 14, 2016 AggregatedNews Mexico, South Of The Border 0 Comments Mexico's Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill on Tuesday that would allow for the use of medical marijuana, in a further step toward outright legalization in a country long wracked by warring drug cartels. The bill, part of a proposal that… Read More→
Uruguay Looks to Lead by Example With First Latin Marijuana Legalization Program November 14, 2016 AggregatedNews South Of The Border 0 Comments Diego Prandini is bent over in a small, brightly lit room, watering marijuana plants of all shapes and sizes. He crawls into a corner to reach some smaller specimens, labeled with names like “Ushua” and “RGB1,” all of which will… Read More→
Mexico Is Monitoring California’s Marijuana Vote; May Need to Follow Suit September 16, 2016 AggregatedNews South Of The Border 0 Comments Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has proposed liberalizing his country's drug laws, privately asked California lawmakers visiting Mexico about a state measure to legalize recreational marijuana, a state legislator said on Thursday. A delegation of California Democratic lawmakers visiting… Read More→
Using Marijuana In Legalized States Still Illegal For Non-US Citizens September 13, 2016 AggregatedNews Canada, South Of The Border 0 Comments Claudia didn’t think anything was wrong when United States Customs and Border Protection agents flagged her for an in-depth security screening after the early-morning flight from her native Chile landed at Los Angeles International Airport early on October 8, 2015.… Read More→
Uruguay Marijuana Company Shifting Gears Towards Less Regulated Hemp August 23, 2016 AggregatedNews Hemp Business Executive, Hemp Policy & Legal, South Of The Border 0 Comments For all the buzz it’s generating, legalized pot may not live up to the hype. At least not in Uruguay where limits on production and pricing is leading one of two producers to diversify into less regulated hemp. Weeks before… Read More→
Mexican President Says He Is Open to Legalizing Medical Marijuana April 20, 2016 AggregatedNews South Of The Border 0 Comments UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said on Tuesday he is open to the legalization of medical marijuana in Mexico and that his government would announce new measures in the coming days. "I am giving voice to… Read More→
Medical marijuana growers look to Mexico for business opportunities January 22, 2016 AggregatedNews South Of The Border 0 Comments Companies cashing in on legal cannabis are considering a bet on Mexico after a supreme court decision raised hopes for a legalisation of medical and recreational marijuana in a country reeling from years of drug violence. From medical marijuana growers… Read More→
World’s Weed Growers Have New Rival to Fear From South America January 22, 2016 Rob Meagher South Of The Border 0 Comments Colombia, famed for the violence of its cocaine cartels, is planning a move into the more genteel drugs business of marijuana-based oils and creams. The Andean nation’s climate and regulations make it ideally suited to profit from the incipient trade… Read More→
Uruguay Holds Its First Marijuana Fair December 17, 2014 AggregatedNews South Of The Border 0 Comments 'Expo Cannabis', Uruguay's first marijuana fair, was held in Montevideo on Dec 14 to 15, a year after the Uruguay government approved the bill that legalizes, regulates and taxes the drug. Various events which includes symposiums with local and foreign… Read More→
Geonovus Establishes Uruguayan Hemp Farm and Receives “De Alta” Licence November 1, 2014 AggregatedNews Cannabis Investments, Hemp Business Executive, International, Policy & Legal, South Of The Border 0 Comments VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwired - October 30, 2014) - GEONOVUS CORP. (CNSX: GNM) ("GeoNovus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has now established an active heirloom hemp farm for the cultivation of hemp plants with original levels of THC and… Read More→
Official: Bidders compete for Uruguay pot business August 26, 2014 AggregatedNews International, Policy & Legal, South Of The Border MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguay's new market for legalized marijuana has attracted at least 20 companies bidding for the right to supply pot to the country's pharmacies, a government official said Thursday. An official from President Jose Mujica's office says… Read More→