Historical past was made in Greece with the nation inaugurating its first ever medical hashish plant final Thursday.
According to the Greek Reporter, the plant, which opened within the metropolis of Corinth, is backed by an funding from Tikun Europe, a subsidiary of Israel-based medical hashish firm Tikun Olam.
Adonis Georgiadis, Greece’s minister for improvement and investments, heralded the opening of the plant as a milestone for the nation.
Talking at an occasion for the opening of the Tikun plant on Thursday, Georgiadis mentioned that hashish could possibly be “a product which we can export all through Europe as a result of this manufacturing unit can perform enormous exports to all main European international locations,” as quoted by the Greek Reporter.
In response to the outlet, Tikun Europe CEO Nikos Beis hailed the brand new facility in Greece as “the most important pharmaceutical facility within the trade in Europe.”
“A brand new period is starting for our nation with the operation of our Tikun Europe facility, paving the best way for Greece to change into one of many important gamers within the area of manufacturing and export of medical hashish merchandise,” Beis said, as quoted by the Greek Reporter.
Greece legalized medical hashish again in 2017, however the nation’s authorities banned the import of such merchandise in 2021, which successfully made it unimaginable for Greek sufferers to obtain the hashish therapy as a result of lack of home manufacturing
However that seems to be altering.
The nation mentioned final yr that hashish would quickly be bought in pharmacies all through Greece.
“The objective is for Greece to change into the highest European nation within the manufacturing of medical hashish. Greece’s surroundings is pleasant for this explicit plant and we predict we could have a pure benefit,” Georgiadis told the Greek Reporter final yr, which mentioned that “foreigners may also have the ability to use medical hashish in Greece” and can “be allowed to buy it by way of pharmacies” as long as they’ve a prescription from their physician.
The outlet reported on the time that Georgiadis anticipated “enormous investments within the manufacturing of medical hashish which the federal government hopes would add as much as 1.5 billion euros ($1.67 billion) yearly to state income.”
The Greek Reporter has more on the power:
“In response to Tikun Europe, the plant can produce completed medicinal hashish merchandise in numerous pharmaceutical types. The corporate goals within the speedy initiation of cultivation within the vertically built-in greenhouse unit, with an space of 21,000 m2 and an annual manufacturing capability, reaching in full progress, the amount of 10 tons of dry flower. The crops acquired might be used for propagation underneath strict protocols that may make sure the preservation of the distinctive traits of the mom crops to future generations. The ability is anticipated to succeed in its full capability ranges step by step within the close to future, to ship all kinds of completed medical hashish dosage types.”
Tikun acquired its license to provoke operations on the power final yr.
“It was an awesome pleasure to welcome the working [license] of our manufacturing unit, the development of which was lately accomplished,” Beis said in a statement on the time. “The operation of the plant will begin very quickly, bringing us one step nearer to the [realization] of our imaginative and prescient: to satisfy the ever-increasing demand of Greece and Europe for high-quality medical hashish merchandise. Our manufacturing unit is the most important pharmaceutical firm within the particular trade in Europe and exploits the potential of our nation to play a number one position within the world marketplace for medical hashish.”