Argentina’s first medical cannabis oil production plant in Jujuy

The governor of Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, anticipated that on Thursday he will officially inaugurate the first laboratory for research and development of cannabis oil. There, they will work on derivatives of the plant with a system of four physical security barriers that the Jujuy state company Cannava is developing at the El Pongo farm, near the town of Perico.

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More than just a laboratory set to open for cannabis oil production in Jujuy

As the formal ceremony begins on Thursday, the Jujuy authorities are waiting for the Minister of Health , Ginés González García. “We are going to present not only the pilot laboratory that Anmat approved for us, but also the plantations that we have in greenhouses and in the field,” said Morales.

The crops cover half a hectare and they estimate to reach a total of 35 during 2021. This first research and development laboratory for cannabis oil started the process of extracting the plant material, separating the cannabinoids and producing the active ingredient. In the meantime, progress is being made on authorizations for a further 600 hectares.

“One of the most difficult things that had to be done was the entire security project for the present and the future,” said Jujuy’s Security Minister, Ekel Meyer, in relation to the work being done at the site where the cannabis oil research and development laboratory will be inaugurated next week.

The official referred to the planning and organization of the perimeter security of the place, where since the project was launched, “many inspections were received from the Gendarmerie and the Ministry of Security.”

All the actions related to the design, elaboration and implementation of security protocols are under the oversight of the provincial Ministry of Security. The Ministry has “allowed the province to advance in part of the national permits and execute the project as it has been doing” through the production of medicinal products.

Security process in stages at the cannabis oil plant in Jujuy.

The security system inside and outside the property was developed in three stages. The first consisted of the approval of the security design by the Ministry of Security of the Nation.

They carried out a survey of the terrain and considered it necessary to establish different levels or filters of security, from minor to major complexity. Such as deciding where enter this sector, physical and human barriers and how they could be circumvented, to the addition of electronic security and observation means.

“It was a day-to-day work to achieve national approval of the security system inside and outside the premises where the plantations are located,” said the minister.

Among the filters, there are different security barriers: human (police personnel); technological (video surveillance and alarm system); natural (water reserve and trees); and structural (perimeter fence, gates and walls, among others).

An ambitious and nearly completed project will make Jujuy a center for cannabis oil research

During the second stage, adaptations to the surrounding environment were considered with an increase in the human capital affected to the service, given that the territory to be covered was wider and contained greater objectives or control posts than initially imagined!

The last stage is the underway, continuing to transform the location with greater logistics, planning and resources according to the needs of the project.

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