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The new plants are a THC-dominant variety, which trigger a psychoactive response, whereas the earlier crop were cannabidiol, or CBD, dominant.

"We look forward to increasing our future cultivation footprint and quota as we ramp up production to meet global demand,” said Patricio Stocker of PharmaCielo Ltd.

The land is adjacent to PharmaCielo’s 27-hectare cannabis nursery and will be the site of a cannabis processing plant, oil extraction facility, and research center.

PharmaCielo says that farmers in "war-torn towns ... deserve to participate in Colombia's newly legalized cannabis industry."