{"id":45261,"date":"2019-04-29T13:41:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/uruguay-to-export-latin-americas-first-medical-marijuana-shipments\/"},"modified":"2019-04-29T13:41:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-29T13:41:40","slug":"uruguay-to-export-latin-americas-first-medical-marijuana-shipments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/uruguay-to-export-latin-americas-first-medical-marijuana-shipments\/","title":{"rendered":"Uruguay to Export Latin America\u2019s First Medical Marijuana Shipments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Uruguay, which pioneered <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/uruguay-legalized-weed-but-cant-meet-demand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>national weed legalization<\/u><\/a> five years ago, may soon become the first nation in Latin America to export cannabis for medical purposes, too.<\/p>\n<p>The Uruguay government plans to export six tons of medical marijuana to Germany, Australia, and Canada through a partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/fotmer.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>Fotmer<\/u><\/a>, a US life sciences company. To date, Fotmer is the only company licensed by the Uruguayan government to export the nation\u2019s cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe market is growing,\u201d Jordan Lewis, one of Fotmer\u2019s owners, told the <a href=\"http:\/\/batimes.com.ar\/news\/latin-america\/pioneering-uruguay-set-to-begin-exporting-medical-marijuana.phtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Buenos Aires Times<\/em><\/u><\/a>. Describing Uruguay\u2019s federal marijuana program as \u201cvisionary,\u201d he added that the company\u2019s \u201caim is to become the main provider of medical marijuana\u201d around the world.<\/p>\n<p>According to Grand View Research, a marketing firm, the global medical cannabis market may hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandviewresearch.com\/press-release\/global-medical-marijuana-market\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>$55.8 billion<\/u><\/a> in sales by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Uruguay permits recreational marijuana, but <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/uruguay-cannabis-market-moves-to-cash-only-dispensaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>only for citizens<\/u><\/a>. Recreational use among foreigners and tourists is technically illegal, although enforcement for possession of small amounts remains a low priority.<\/p>\n<p>Uruguay may become the first Latin American country to export its medical weed, but it won\u2019t be the only one. <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/culture\/canadas-cannabis-is-coming-to-colombia-khiron-life-sciences-interview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Colombia<\/u><\/a> has also <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/colombia-medical-cannabis-cultivation-legal-farc-rebels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>nationalized<\/u><\/a> many of its legal cannabis farms, and companies there plan to export marijuana and marijuana extracts in the near future, as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Randy Robinson on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/randieseljay?lang=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Twitter<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uruguay, the first country to legalize weed nationwide, is now set to become the first Latin American country to export medical cannabis to Europe, Australia, and Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3036],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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