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Cannabis growers have urged urgent adoption of a new law on the control of opiate drugs and psychotropic substances, which was withdrawn from parliamentary proceedings after Macedonian opposition VMRO DPMNE said the law is being adopted to satisfy the interests of related people who have close family ties with the country's prime minister, Zoran Zaev.
Cannabis growers have not commented on the amount of cannabis flower, but have said that cannabis production companies will suffer significant damage if the law is not adopted within a week.
“This cannot wait, the cannabis flower has to be extracted (extracted) because it is something organic and as such cannot wait. Every day we suffer more and more losses as long as the cannabis flower remains in stock,” said Konstadin Dukovski of the Association for the cultivation of medical cannabis "Makkanabis ”.
He also announced that he had talked with the opposition and that at the moment political anger should be avoided because the damage is huge, while the cannabis industry has involved more foreign companies than the domestic ones with a capital of more than 150 million euros including 800 employees.
Konstadin Dukovski from the Medical Cannabis Cultivation Association "Makkanabis" said that the cannabis cultivation business is growing rapidly and the need for new jobs is growing.
“In many cases at many press conferences, it was said that the law would be changed and that the export of flowers would be allowed. We haven't seen this so far. I would like to appeal to the Government as soon as possible to pass the law in question; if they fail to pass the law as it was proposed to change only one article, will not be permitted the export of cannabis flower," Dukovski said.
Meanwhile, the Macedonian opposition VMRO-DPMNE, during which the law was adopted for the production of cannabis for medical purposes, has drawn sharp criticism from against the head of government Zoran Zaev that the companies related with Prime Minister Zaev have been licensed to cultivate the plant.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Venko Filipce had earlier said that the money to be obtained from licensing the production of cannabis for medical needs would be destined for the treatment of rare diseases.