masterThesis
Propuesta de un modelo de negocio para la creación de una fundación sin ánimo de lucro enfocada en la investigación científica de cannabis medicinal en Colombia
Fecha
2022Registro en:
658.4012 L864P
Autor
López Moreno, Gabriel David
Institución
Resumen
Since the approval and legalization of the use of medicinal cannabis in Colombia in 2016, which "aims to create a regulatory framework that allows safe and informed access to the medical and scientific use of cannabis and its derivatives in the Colombian national territory" (Law 1787, 2016. p.1), a boom was generated at the national level with activities related to the planting, production, extraction and commercialization of cannabis-derived products for medicinal purposes, leveraged by scientific evidence demonstrating beneficial results by symptomatologic control in different pathologies with limited therapeutic options such as refractory epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, wasting syndrome (cachexia) associated with AIDS, pain control in cancer patients and management of nausea associated with chemotherapy, (Ledezma -Morales et al., 2020). However, due to its history generated by improper use, mainly recreational, framed in illegal activities when handled as a narcotic agent, lead to aversion at a social, cultural, political, and religious level, overshadowing the benefits that it has when used as medicinal agent. Therefore, this new medical cannabis industry requires multiple developments in clinical research that can validate and support this plant and its derivatives as beneficial agents with therapeutic ranges for the symptomatic control of various human diseases. This work will focus on creating a business model that encourages scientific research on medicinal cannabis at the national level.