State health officials announced Monday that five Florida nurseries have been chosen to cultivate and distribute the first legal marijuana in the state, opening the door to the sale and distribution of the non-euphoric strains next year.
It may be thousands of kilometres away from Perth’s corporate heart, but Christmas Island is being eyed off to become home to Australia’s first medicinal cannabis industry.
Uruguay, the world’s first country to legalize marijuana, is aiming to produce between six and 10 tons of pot a year for local use, a senior government official told AFP.