Legal cannabis crop harvest

Title

Legal cannabis crop harvest

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

23 Sep 1993

Year of production

1993

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Duration

00:02:14

Description

Report from the scene as the first legalised cannabis crop in the UK for fifty years is harvested by pharmaceutical company Hemcore Ltd in Great Dunmow, Essex. It is to be used as hemp. Speakers are Saffron Walden MP, Alan Haselhurst and Managing Director of Hemcore, Robert Lukies. Alison Hodgkins reports.

Contributors

Alan Haselhurst; Alison Hodgkins; Robert Lukies

Keywords

Cannabis; Illegal drugs; Narcotic drugs; Drug policy; Essex; Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmaceutical technology; Great Dunmow; Hemcore

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