US medical firm creates new, strong cannabis strain to reduce cost of expensive marijuana products

A medical marijuana company in the US has developed a new strain of cannabis that could lead to cheaper and more effective products for people suffering from seizures and inflammation. The company Minnesota Medical Solutions created a new type of cannabis that contains more cannabidiol (CBD), a compound used in medical products.

The company said on its announcement on Wednesday the new high-CBD strain is aimed to make its medical products easier and cheaper to refine. CBD currently appears in lower ratios in most marijuana strains.

A strain that contains more CBD promotes less work for the company to produce pills, oils or liquids. The Minnesota Medical Solutions or MinnMed named the new plant as “Katelyn Faith” after the eight-year-old Katelyn Faith Pauling who died earlier in 2015 with a severe seizure disorder.

The Katelyn Faith plant has already been tested by an outside laboratory, which confirmed the plant has a 34-to-one ratio of...

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