Santa Marta Golden, the quintessential Colombian marijuana

The best marijuana in the world

Santa Marta Golden, the quintessential Colombian marijuana

Today I bring you an article about probably one of the best marijuana in the world with immense potential to treat diseases so that you keep it in mind in case you want to invest in Colombia.

Although marijuana is not a native plant of America, its own varieties were developed as a result of the crosses that the peasants made here. Today they are all locked up under the name Santa Marta Golden. These are unique thanks to the microclimates of this place (the Sierra). It is like coffee, which is not native to the country but is the nation's heritage.

What is known today as Santa Marta Golden is effective for relieving stress and depression, it also improves the quality of sleep because it produces a state of deep relaxation. It also acts on epilepsy (especially refractory) and joint pain related to arthritis. Many of these potentials are lost because Colombian legislation, especially the current decree —April 613, 2017— ignores these plants for medicinal purposes since they have more THC than legally allowed. The law has been a bit myopic, because it only recognizes CBD with medicinal potential among all the cannabinoids in marijuana, which can be more than 60. Actually each one, or the mixture of them, generate different healing capacities. It is a mistake to consider that plants with a THC greater than 1% are completely psychoactive and that they should be in the group of those that are controlled as narcotics.

Who sells them?

you can go online and see how the Santa Marta Golden was renamed “Colombian Gold”. They are seeds extracted from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and 10 are sold for €19.9. 10 seeds! It is a foreign multinational that sells them, does so outside of Colombia and does not need Colombian legislation to market biological products under the name of the country.

What is the potential of this marijuana in Colombia?

First of all, nature has already made the selection: they are the group of seeds that are best adapted to Colombian conditions, therefore they will need less agrochemicals and pesticides than those of other climates. If we do not cultivate the native ones, we are losing the work that was already done naturally. On the other hand, Colombian genetics is the foundation of several of the best varieties in the world, many of those that revolutionized cannabis cultivation are based on genes from our plants, such as Skunk.

The local grower is not planting Santa Marta Golden, what matters to him is what the clientele is asking for, the popular “creepy”, which contains a lot of different varieties of marijuana that generates a fairly high psychoactive state. The large growers that belong to the big mafias, which are the ones that supply the cities, are causing the loss of the native seed and the alteration of the local genetics.

What can be done with this type of marijuana?

Perfumes, oils, aromas, and even sexual lubricants

I am telling you this simply so that you are aware that there is a potential that can be exploited in Colombia for medicinal or recreational purposes.