| best kept secrets in new mexico. who are the medical marijuana growers for the state and what do they have inside their facilities. kob eyewitness news 4 is the only station to ever take a camera inside a dispensary. and our kayla anderson was able to see how the non profit group takes the controversial drug from a seedling to medicine for patients. "southwest organic producers is one of 11 licensed medical marijuana producers in new mexico. we can't tell you where their facility is. but you'll be surprised to learn what kind of effort goes into growing safe and effective, high grade medical cannabis." it's marijuana like we've never seen it before. there are minute thumbnail 10:21 pm multiple, potent strains in this room ... som- eight feet tall. and all of them with bulky, fragrant buds. "what you're looking at is flowers, plants putting out flowers to attract pollen. by denying them pollen, we make them a more potent product, so much higher quality." jacob white took us inside swop's flowering room. from the ph balance to the nutrient levels... everything here is closely measured and monitored. the plants get a strict 12 hours of light and 12 hours of complete darkness. "they are essentially getting a whole summer's and late fall's worth of growth, in just a few short months, by the manipulation of the light cycles and the light spectrum." clients of swop are licensed to receive medical cannabis. many of them have weakened immune systems... so swop works non-stop to ... |
