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WA home to one of the largest medicinal cannabis crops in the southern hemisphere
West Australia’s remote Gascoyne region will soon be home to one of the largest medicinal cannabis facilities in the southern hemisphere, with the industry poised for budding success.
Key points:
- More than 250,000 cannabis cultivars will be planted in the Gascoyne
- The project is expected to create up to 70 jobs
- Medicinal cannabis manufacturing has been projected to become a $575-million industry
Recently licensed medicinal cannabis company Elite Cannabinoids has received approval to cultivate and process a wide range of cannabis varieties at an undisclosed location more than 800 kilometres north of Perth.
The crop itself will span over 46 hectares for cultivation, and there will be an onsite pharmaceutical manufacturing facility, as well as…
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