Israel sees strong future for medical marijuana industry

200 players gathered in Tel Aviv for Canna Tech, an international conference on the drug

With its moat, wall, barbed wire, armed guards and security cameras, the facility could be mistaken for a military base if it weren't for the pungent odor of marijuana in the air.

Here, on the outskirts of a quiet village in northern Israel, 50,000 plants of 230 varieties grow at the country's second-largest medical cannabis plantation.