Q FM Africa's Modern Radio
Green party President Peter Sinkamba says he is scheduled to meet Drug Enforcement Commissioner Alita Mbawe this week to present the conceptual framework for the proposed pilot Green Gold Medicinal Marijuana Investment Project.
Mr. Sinkamba says the proposed project will be implemented by Worldwide Environmental Risks Surveyors Limited (WERS), a Zambian registered company that he owns.
Green Party President Peter Sinkamba
He says the company intends to cultivate, process, and dispense marijuana stating that the proposed Cultivation Facility will be situated on the Copperbelt and in addition, four pilot Medical Marijuana Dispensary Centres are proposed to be opened in Kitwe, Ndola, Lusaka, and Livingstone.
Mr Sikamba says the Dispensary Centres will be used as outlets for dispensing medicinal marijuana to registered patients, adding that the patients will be required to obtain legal prescriptions from qualified Medical Doctors.
Mr. Sinkamba explains that qualified marijuana pharmacy staff will be employed to dispense the medicine and the source for medicinal marijuana to be dispensed from the Dispensaries will be strictly from the Cultivation Facility.
He says Government, investors and the farming community will draw lessons from the experiences at the pilot project.
Mr. Sinkamba adds that a comprehensive Cultivation Facility and Dispensary Security Plan for protecting the plants, equipment, inventory, products, and more importantly, the workers and communities will be developed.