TASHKENT, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A Malta-based agency might be allowed to develop and produce medical h
TASHKENT, Nov 26 (Reuters) – A Malta-based agency might be allowed to develop and produce medical hashish in Uzbekistan, state information company UzA reported on Thursday, within the first such deal for the Central Asian nation.
The area has a protracted historical past of rising hashish however the drug is prohibited, regardless of common requires its legalisation.
Melabis will develop the crops on 3,000 hectares (about 7,400 acres) of farmland within the Sardoba district of the Sirdaryo province, recognized for cultivating cotton, melons and watermelons.
The refined product could have THC content material of 0.1-0.2%, making it appropriate just for medical use, UzA mentioned, including that the local weather within the space was beneficial for hashish and its cultivation required 10 instances much less water than that of cotton.
“The ultimate product might be principally exported,” UzA mentioned.
(Reporting by Mukhammadsharif Mamatkulov; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Modifying by Alexander Smith)
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