Laboratory-like Oakland facility aims to supply med marijuana dispensaries
(NEWSER) - Imagine a world where all anxieties are tranquilized, all boredom amused, thanks in part to a sterilized, hermetically sealed, blindingly white California marijuana growing operation. That's the kind of laboratory-like plant Oakland nonprofit organization Gropech has designed. The 60,000-square-foot facility would nurture 30,000 plants (worth $50 million a year) on three levels in a squeaky clean environment intended to deliver perfect product to medical marijuana users, notes a video of the proposed operation created by Gropech. More»