Hinterland siblings Rebecca and her brother Ben Risby-Jones are ready to bring Noosa-grown, sustainable medicinal cannabis to the world. Their company, The People's Plant, is dedicated to improving the quality and sustainability of locally grown medicinal cannabis, with a mission to make it more affordable and accessible to Australians.
The People's Plant focuses on organic, premium-grade medicine, with five years of extensive research and development behind it. Like others in earlier years, Rebecca was told cannabis was a gateway drug and didn't think very highly of it.
"We heard all these negative things growing up, without hearing the positive side of what it can do, as far as being a medicine," she said.
"I went to a conference and learnt all about the research happening and the people it's helping and it just changed my mind completely."
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