By Charlie Coë For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 11:31 GMT, 1 March 2019 | Updated: 11:31 GMT, 1 March 2019
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A world-leading cannabis grower has given an inside look at Australia's largest cannabis factory hidden in the suburbs.
American Stock Exchange-listed Cann Group has constructed the country's largest state-of-the-art medicinal cannabis growing facility near Melbourne Airport.
Spurred on by new legalisation, the 37,000 sq m site is expected to cost the company $100million and employ 170 staff.
Using its size as a measure, the facility is capable of producing more than $13million worth of marijuana.
Medicinal cannabis was legalised for patients in exceptional circumstances in Victoria from 2017, with other states quickly following suit.
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