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hemp. “This way, we’re making sure the benefits “Medicinal cannabis could help a lot of people

also create new jobs in new sectors and help us struggling with their health for example,” he says.
diversify our economic structure,” says Couture- “It’s also a sector continually changing, considering

Picard. a lot of states are adapting their laws and legalising

it. It’s a big market getting bigger everyday.”
When asked what Weedon council members saw Weedon’s main target sector is, for the moment,

in the cannabis industry, Couture-Picard says the is Research and development, with the objective

broad range of potential cannabis and industrial to develop new products, mainly in bio-composite.
hemp products—both medicinal and alimentation— “We’re looking to have our own comparative

was a big draw. advantage, and bio-composites looks like the

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