Italian Army Growing Medical Marijuana To Reduce Prices

The Italian military aims to lowers the cost of medical marijuana by growing it themselves!

The Italian army has unveiled its first cannabis farm, set up to try to lower the cost of medical marijuana in the country.

According to officials at a government-funded greenhouse outside Florence, Italy’s first medical marijuana crop, grown by the country’s military – is “coming along nicely”

The director of the facility, Colonel Antonio Medica, told Italian daily Corriere della Sera that the aim of the operation was to provide users with a product that is not always easily available on the market, at a more competitive price.

RT report: Medical marijuana has been legal in the country since 2013 as pain relief for conditions such as multiple sclerosis and cancer, and as treatment for others, such as glaucoma.

However, as there have been no licensed producers, and the state would...

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