Italian Army Aims to Produce 'the Best-Quality' Medical Marijuana After Finding Current Batches Deficient
Colonel says drugs seized by police were not good enough for patients needing medical marijuana.
The Italian army is growing large crops of cannabis in order to force the price of the drug down to about €8 per gram, according to the colonel overseeing production.
In September 2014, the country’s government announced the army would help increase the production of medical marijuana, with the first secure growing facility unveiled in Florence in April last year.
It is hoped the sterile chamber will produce up to 100kg of cannabis every year, strictly for use by cancer patients, multiple sclerosis sufferers and those with other medical conditions which could be alleviated by the drug.
Colonel Antonio Medica is in charge of the Florence military base, which currently houses around 135 cannabis plants in carefully maintained conditions.
“My mission is to produce the best-quality cannabis on an industrial scale at a low price,” he...
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