For the last 50 years, the University of Mississippi was the only location in the US that had Federal approval to grow marijuana for research.
"Until literally on Friday, they announced four new private companies that would have grow licenses and Groff North America was happily selected as one of those," said Steve Groff.
Steve Groff, the owner of Groff North America in York County, it's been 15 months of working behind the scenes with the FDA and DEA to receive this approval. "We're very excited to begin this study," said Groff. The study will look at antibacterial aspects of THC and CBD.
"There's some early evidence that certain cannabinoids can kill bacteria and that essentially become a very powerful antibiotic," said Groff. The research will be taking place at Groff's 80,000 square foot facility in red lion.
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