All systems grow — medicinal cannabis economy gets boost in Eastern Cape

Inspired by cannabis’s potential as a medicinal product and in memory of his child whom he lost to cancer, Edgar Adams, the CEO of Medigrow, has launched the Eastern Cape’s biggest medicinal cannabis project yet: an indoor facility that will produce products for the export market.

By Estelle Ellis

6 May 2024

Supplied photo: Eastern Cape MEC for rural development and agrarian reform Nonkqubela Pieters looks at some of Medigrow’s products during the launch of its new facility.

The new facility is based in the Coega Special Economic Zone near Gqeberha. Medigrow’s targets for export are the Americas, Australasia and Europe.

Production will start in eight to 12 months, since the company is still working on attaining international compliance.

The first products are expected to be the cannabidiol (CBD) isolate, a purified form of CBD, and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the psychoactive part of the hemp plant that also has many medical uses.

Read the full article on the Daily Maverick.

President to puff, puff, pass Cannabis Bill into law

Ramon Pereira 20 Mar 2024

Source: Daily Maverick

Daily Maverick is a unique blend of news, information, analysis and opinion delivered from our newsrooms in Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa. There are many ways to describe exactly what we do (and for the price of a cup of coffee we’re capable of talking your ears off about it), but the best way to understand the end result is to experience it. Every part of Daily Maverick is free-to-air and no payment is required, although free registration is required for a small subset of functions and pages.

Daily Maverick is run by an independently owned, private company with no affiliation to any other media group (or political party or religious organisation.) Follow Daily Maverick on Twitter at @dailymaverick.

Go to: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/