MARIJUANA GROWTH DELAY IS DECLINING UGANDANS OPPORTUNITY TO QUICKEN PACE OF INNOVATION; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
By Our Reporter
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There are hundreds of entities that can spur from marijuana growth, an industry that is yet to understand its potential use.
The industry has been sabotaged by government leaders especially the Minister of Health, Dr. Ruth Aceng who hinges on regulation as a biggest challenge to deny interested companies license to invest in this lucrative business which in the shortest time possible benefits the country by raising the GDP.
The hundreds of entities that can sprout from marijuana growth range from chemical to food through artificial flavoring or additives.
The benefits of marijuana are uncountable if government of Uganda expedites the process of awarding license to interested investors.
According to our survey, a number of products can be got from Marijuana after it has been process to a finer material. They include; beverages and alcohol, packed foods for instance dry goods like honey, jam, spread which can be tinned, canned or jarred.
Snacks and confectionery; where you can make chocolates, brownies, cakes savory snacks which can be sold both locally and international.
Pet care and food: Here, one can get medicines, drugs, supplements, pet food and nutrition.
Drugs and medicine: Prescription drugs and non prescription medicines, healing ointments and oils.
Raw Products and Ingredients: Raw and bulk ingredient for smoking and inhalation.
Health Care Interest
In this report we shall focus the health care interest of marijuana and how experts can focus on making drugs from the plant that treats a number of chronic diseases such as Epilepsy, diabetes, schizophrenia, glioblastoma, post traumatic stress syndrome and Huntington diseases.
Ministry of Health in order to successfully control marijuana to ensure the efforts are concerted on its medical benefits, Dr. Aceng and her team have to control consumer demand for marijuana medical products, ascertaining evidence that marijuana can significantly reduce addiction and deaths from opioid painkillers.
Introduce strong policies and monitories agencies guiding and investors scientists where to grow and also establish industries to process this marijuana.
In our survey we found out that the potential marijuana medical products have drawn interest from mainstream pharmaceutical players around the world.
Therefore, should government pass the legislation and authorise marijuana growth and processing, the countrys tax base will multiply drastically and expand the economy on top of solving the problem of unemployment.
Further the pace of innovation will quicken with scientists scrambling to develop as many products as possible.
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