Italy is turning to its military to help make its legal medical marijuana program self-sufficient.
DefenseNews reports that the Italian army intends to produce “700 kilograms (1,543 pounds) of top-grade cannabis to cover nearly half of the 1,500 kilograms (3,307 pounds) required annually in the country for those in need of pain relief, such as people with cancer or Parkinson’s disease.”
“The next step is self-sufficiency — that’s our ambition,” Nicola Latorre, who leads the Italian agency overseeing the operation, told DefenseNews.
According to the outlet, Italy imports cannabis that is not grown by the army from Holland, Canada, Denmark
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