Cannabis, conocimiento y salud: tensiones entre la práctica artesanal y la producción industrial
; Lavagnino, Nicolas Jose
; Acosta, Luis Ernesto Otros responsables
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07/2025
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Universidad de Caldas
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Cultura y Droga
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0122-8455
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2590-7840
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El conocimiento sobre el uso terapéutico del cannabis se ha desarrollado artesanalmente, con base en experiencias singulares para tratar los padecimientos. La legislación actual en torno al uso terapéutico de cannabis en Argentina ha sido un avance para quienes ya venían recurriendo a esta planta, a la vez que habilita una forma de producción tendiente a la estandarización e industrialización del cannabis terapéutico. En este artículo abordamos los dilemas ético-políticos que emergen con la estandarización e industrialización del cannabis terapéutico. Desde una perspectiva teórico-reflexiva de base documental, nos preguntamos sobre la eficacia de un producto estandarizado orientado a un usuario que tiene cierto problema de salud (que también ha sido estandarizado). Asociado a esto, nos cuestionamos de qué modo se reconoce a quienes han desarrollado ese conocimiento y prácticas terapéuticas de tipo empírico-popular por décadas. Recurrimos al concepto de violencia epistémica para dar cuenta de la negación de formas de producción de conocimientos alternativos al biomédico, que además puede llevar a una reestigmatización del uso de cannabis como droga ilegal e ilegítima. Como resultado identificamos que la forma empírico-popular, artesanal representa un modo alternativo de producción de salud, que tiene el potencial de recrear otras formas de pensar la salud-enfermedad y el cuerpo, que resultan alternativos al biomédico, vinculados a la singularidad de cada persona en su ámbito sociocomunitario. Su estandarización puede representar una disminución de su potencial terapéutico a la vez que una limitación del acceso, reconociendo las desigualdades socio-económicas que caracterizan a los países latinoamericanos. Concluimos cuestionando la hegemonía del conocimiento biomédico, proponiendo abrir un espacio para el pluralismo epistemológico que valore la experiencia directa y el saber compartido de manera horizontal. Creemos que esto podría alumbrar una episteme novedosa en el campo de la Salud Colectiva, que se exprese en una práctica científica decolonial y transdisciplinaria.
Knowledge about the therapeutic use of cannabis has been developed in an artisanal manner, based on singular experiences in addressing health conditions. Current legislation on the therapeutic use of cannabis in Argentina represents progress for those already using this plant, while also promoting a mode of production oriented toward standardization and industrialization. In this article, we address the ethicalpolitical dilemmas that arise from the standardization and industrialization of therapeutic cannabis. We question the efficacy of a standardized product aimed at a user with a standardized health condition. Relatedly, we examine how recognition is granted to those who have developed empirical and popular therapeutic knowledge and practices over decades. We draw on the concept of epistemic violence to explore the denial of alternative knowledge production systems outside of biomedicine, which can also lead to the re-stigmatization of cannabis use as an illegal and illegitimate drug. Our findings suggest that the empirical, popular, and artisanal approach represents an alternative mode of health production, with the potential to (re)create new ways of understanding health, illness, and the body. These perspectives stand in contrast to biomedicine, emphasizing the singularity of each individual within their socio-communitarian context. Its standardization may reduce its therapeutic potential while limiting access, particularly in light of the socioeconomic inequalities characteristic of Latin American countries. In conclusion, we challenge the dominance of biomedical knowledge, advocating for the creation of a space for epistemological pluralism that embraces direct experience and horizontally shared knowledge. We believe this could illuminate a novel episteme within the field of Collective Health, expressed through a decolonial and transdisciplinary scientific practice.
Knowledge about the therapeutic use of cannabis has been developed in an artisanal manner, based on singular experiences in addressing health conditions. Current legislation on the therapeutic use of cannabis in Argentina represents progress for those already using this plant, while also promoting a mode of production oriented toward standardization and industrialization. In this article, we address the ethicalpolitical dilemmas that arise from the standardization and industrialization of therapeutic cannabis. We question the efficacy of a standardized product aimed at a user with a standardized health condition. Relatedly, we examine how recognition is granted to those who have developed empirical and popular therapeutic knowledge and practices over decades. We draw on the concept of epistemic violence to explore the denial of alternative knowledge production systems outside of biomedicine, which can also lead to the re-stigmatization of cannabis use as an illegal and illegitimate drug. Our findings suggest that the empirical, popular, and artisanal approach represents an alternative mode of health production, with the potential to (re)create new ways of understanding health, illness, and the body. These perspectives stand in contrast to biomedicine, emphasizing the singularity of each individual within their socio-communitarian context. Its standardization may reduce its therapeutic potential while limiting access, particularly in light of the socioeconomic inequalities characteristic of Latin American countries. In conclusion, we challenge the dominance of biomedical knowledge, advocating for the creation of a space for epistemological pluralism that embraces direct experience and horizontally shared knowledge. We believe this could illuminate a novel episteme within the field of Collective Health, expressed through a decolonial and transdisciplinary scientific practice.
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