Inside a cannabis factory in rural Canada, workers scrub in before entering the workplace. Hair nets, shoe covers, gowns, and plastic gloves are just some of the measures in place to prevent contaminants from getting anywhere near the production line.
Coast Mountain Cannabis (CMC) in Pemberton, British Columbia is cleaned to hospital standards and is a top employer for locals in this part of western Canada. Its six indoor grow rooms produce one million grams of award-winning, organic cannabis per year.
The company plans to start bringing visiting English and Irish people on tours, to dispel the image that some tourists may still have in their heads when they hear the word "weed." "These are the walls you'd have in an operating theatre," says CMC's co-founder Andrew Ellott. "It is a highly sanitized environment."
Head grower Elliot Fromowitz unveils the most important room in the factory: the one that holds the mother plants. He explains that they have 40 different strains in the room, ensuring that every customer can have their needs met. Fromowitz points out one particular plant that their customers with cancer have found excellent for pain management.
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