MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay: Two companies from Uruguay and Colombia will become the first in Latin America to export medical marijuana products to Europe under deals announced Wednesday. Former Life Sciences of Uruguay and Clever Leaves of Colombia will export cannabis extract and dried marijuana flowers to Germany, which they called the largest market in Europe, with an estimated 700,000 people using medicinal products derived from marijuana. Uruguay in December 2013 became the first country in the world to legalize a national cannabis market from growing to purchasing for personal use, and the government later legalized the export of medical marijuana products to countries where it is legal, a move that has brought a wave of investment.AP
