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UK: Inside a "secret" growing facility

Since it was legalized in the UK, the number of medicinal cannabis prescriptions has surged. With demand showing no signs of slowing, one company has ambitions to take production of the drug to a new level.

The BBC has been given access to the factory on the condition the location remains secret. To enter, we need to prove our identities, go through two secure gates, and finally, pass through a bulletproof door.

"We have hundreds of CCTV cameras around the place - all infrared," says James Leavesley, one of the founders of Dalgety.

According to the company, this hi-tech facility is the first in the UK where cannabis can be grown, packaged and sold directly to pharmacies from a single location.

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