The distinct sweet-yet-tangy smell of medical-grade marijuana plants wafts around a room full of oscillating fans meant to circulate clean warm air where pot grows in hundreds of containers.
The overwhelming scent hits the nostrils of any visitor to the Wellcana Group cultivation and manufacturing site for medical marijuana on the south side of Baton Rouge where plants are turned into bottled tinctures.
The cultivation room is inside an otherwise nondescript warehouse off Highland Road near Interstate 10. There's a tight security system. Clean room protocols are in place that are common in health care, food service and biotechnology, such as slipping on a white laboratory-approved bunny suit, hair net and shoe booties.
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