Italy outputs first batch of home grown medical marijuana

(19 Jul 2015) ITALY CANNABIS
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Florence - June 9, 2015
1. Wide shot, camera follows as workers unzip and reveal a tiny greenhouse
2. Medium shot of the cannabis plant inside the tiny greenhouse
3. Close up of a thermometer showing 26.5 degrees Celsius (79.7 degrees Fahrenheit) with cannabis in the background
4. Close up of the cannabis plant flower in full bloom
5. Close up, tilt up of the cannabis leaves inside the tiny greenhouse
6. Medium shot of towering cannabis plants inside the tiny greenhouse
7. Wide shot of a building inside the Military Pharmaceutical Facility in Florence
8. Medium shot of the doors to the same building, opening as two military officers walk out
9. Medium shot of General Giocondo Santoni inside his office inside the Military Pharmaceutical Facility
10. Medium shot, tilt up from medicine produced by the military to General Santoni at his desk
11. SOUNDBITE (Italian), General Giocondo Santoni, business unit director at the Military Pharmaceutical Facility in Florence:
"Italy made a choice so that the entire cannabis project is managed by the state, particularly by a military facility like ours, which provides added value in terms of quality and safety for the entire production. We expect to make this drug available by the end of this year in a quantity of about 100 kilos (220lbs), which is double the amount that we are currently importing from the Netherlands."
12. Medium shot of Colonel Antonio Medica putting on his white lab coat over his army uniform
13. Medium shot of Colonel Medica holding a green spectrum light and opening the doors to a warehouse where marijuana plants are drying
14. Medium shot of Medica checking up on the drying marijuana plants with his green light
15. Close up pan left of Medica checking up on the drying marijuana plants with his green light
16. SOUNDBITE (Italian) Colonel Antonio Medica, manufacturing director at the Military Pharmaceutical Facility in Florence:
"We are working in an environment in which climate conditions, accessibility and air filtering must guarantee the maximum safety for the product. It's important to underline that just like the Dutch product, we will sterilise the finished product with gamma rays, so that we can guarantee that the product we will distribute presents no risks from a microbiological standpoint."
17. Close up, pan right of marijuana plants drying inside a warehouse, lit with a green spectrum light
18. Close up of shrivelled dried marijuana plants almost ready for clipping
19. Close up of scissors clipping flower from dried marijuana plants
20. Medium shot of workers hands clipping flowers from dried marijuana plant
21. Medium of workers clipping flowers from dried marijuana plants
22. Close up, tilt up of dried marijuana plants
23. Medium workers clipping flowers from marijuana plants
24. Close up, zoom in of a bowl of dried marijuana flowers, freshly clipped
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Bibbiano, Reggio Emilia - June 10, 2015
25. Wide shot of a pharmacy
26. Close up of a medical cross screen with scrolling letters reading, "Galenica," (Galenic)
27. Medium shot of pharmacist Marco Ternelli producing a marijuana preparation for his patients
28. Close up of a tube showing drops of water swirling through
29. Medium shot of a marijuana preparation with alcohol boiling
30. Medium shot of Ternelli reading a prescription of marijuana for a patient
31. Close up of Ternelli placing dried marijuana on a counter, for measuring doses
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