Meet the Italian 'Colonel Mary Jane'
For nearly a century, the Italian army has produced medicine for the country. This year, they’ve taken on the production of a new drug: marijuana.
An unmistakable aroma fills the air of an immaculate lab. Dressed in a white lab coat, Antonio Medica carefully clips away at a leafy green plant with his garden scissors. It’s a big day for him. He’s finally harvesting his first marijuana crop.
But Medica isn’t your next-door grower. He’s a colonel in the Italian army. His lab is inside the army’s pharmaceutical facility — a highly guarded base in Florence. This year, they’ve taken on the production of a new drug.
“Our variety contains the two active principals, THC and Cannabidiol,” said Medica.
“It is very similar to the so-called Bediol of the Netherlands, that at the moment is still imported in Italy,” he said.
Not for long. As European countries pass medical marijuana laws,...
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