Steps to harvesting medical marijuana
ALBION, Ill. (AP) — Thousands of legal medical marijuana plants are growing under lights in a warehouse in Albion, a small southeastern Illinois city whose residents are more familiar with corn and soybeans. Ataraxia, which runs the facility, was the state's first cultivation company allowed to start growing plants. It has started harvesting and will be the first to deliver to licensed dispensaries throughout the state by mid-October. The Associated Press was given exclusive access to see the crop.
Here's a brief explanation of the 60- to 67-day growing process:
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'IMMACULATE CONCEPTION'
The life cycle starts in the "mother room," where about 20 strains of lush, green marijuana plants thrive. Ataraxia growerAshley Thompson, a former agriculture teacher, takes cuttings from these plants to start new ones. She won't reveal where the mothers originate — "immaculate conception," she says. While 23 states allow medical use of marijuana, there's a federal...
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