The cannabis of the future might not come from plants
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Golden liquid churns in six glass vessels, each hooked up to a computer via a bundle of tubes and wires. Air pumps buzz, and the room smells of bananas and old beer. But this facility – I was allowed to visit on the condition I not use its name or location – is no brewery. Its operators are making cannabis products using microbes instead of plants.
Humans have been cultivating cannabis plants for thousands of years, first for their fibres and later …
