The Planning Board on Thursday unanimously approved a second permit to use the Dexter building on Routes 2 and 4 as a medical marijuana dispensary.
Timothy and Jennifer Smale of Vienna applied for the permit in order to open Remedy Compassion Center.
Last month, Lucas Sirois and Chad Crandall received a permit for the building for their dispensary business named Ahead Care.
Whether either will use the building for that purpose will be determined by the state and announced on July 9. Only one facility will be licensed within eight zones across the state.
Believing this part of Maine is an underserved area, Tim Smale told the board the couple would like to operate a cannabis facility in this part of the state in order to serve more patients. He said they find the site a "perfect location, a fortress providing safety for patients and the community."
The site is off the road away from neighbors and schools and near the hospital and doctors, the Smales wrote in materials distributed at the meeting.
After several years in the business world, the couple want to operate a safe facility where the focus is on the patient and not on the product or profit, he said.
Smale, 51, told the board he has suffered from migraines since age 22 and found other drugs didn't work. A few years ago, a doctor suggested the use of medical marijuana.
"It saved my life. I would be disabled without it," he said.
The couple left Maine last year to work and learn about medical marijuana dispensaries in California and then returned. They submitted their application last Friday for the Wilton site.
The Smales "prefer to refer to marijuana by its botanical name, 'Cannabis,' because we believe there is a big difference," according to a sheet they distributed.
They intend to use the lower floor of the building for cultivation and the top floor for the dispensary. The building will have high security, he said. The couple will also offer foods made with the product. As a nonprofit operation, they intend to use a major portion of any revenues to help lower income patients.
Board Chairman Michael Sherrod questioned whether the board could approve two use permits for the same space and same purpose. The board members said they could because only one of the two parties would be given the state license to run the dispensary. These two applications are among six submitted in the zone covering Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties.
The board agreed that they should request the same conditions be met by the Smales as were given to Sirois and Crandall regarding all state licensing and permitting as required for a business.
NewsHawk: Ganjarden: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: SunJournal.com
Author: Ann Bryant
Copyright: 2010 Sun Media Group
Timothy and Jennifer Smale of Vienna applied for the permit in order to open Remedy Compassion Center.
Last month, Lucas Sirois and Chad Crandall received a permit for the building for their dispensary business named Ahead Care.
Whether either will use the building for that purpose will be determined by the state and announced on July 9. Only one facility will be licensed within eight zones across the state.
Believing this part of Maine is an underserved area, Tim Smale told the board the couple would like to operate a cannabis facility in this part of the state in order to serve more patients. He said they find the site a "perfect location, a fortress providing safety for patients and the community."
The site is off the road away from neighbors and schools and near the hospital and doctors, the Smales wrote in materials distributed at the meeting.
After several years in the business world, the couple want to operate a safe facility where the focus is on the patient and not on the product or profit, he said.
Smale, 51, told the board he has suffered from migraines since age 22 and found other drugs didn't work. A few years ago, a doctor suggested the use of medical marijuana.
"It saved my life. I would be disabled without it," he said.
The couple left Maine last year to work and learn about medical marijuana dispensaries in California and then returned. They submitted their application last Friday for the Wilton site.
The Smales "prefer to refer to marijuana by its botanical name, 'Cannabis,' because we believe there is a big difference," according to a sheet they distributed.
They intend to use the lower floor of the building for cultivation and the top floor for the dispensary. The building will have high security, he said. The couple will also offer foods made with the product. As a nonprofit operation, they intend to use a major portion of any revenues to help lower income patients.
Board Chairman Michael Sherrod questioned whether the board could approve two use permits for the same space and same purpose. The board members said they could because only one of the two parties would be given the state license to run the dispensary. These two applications are among six submitted in the zone covering Franklin, Oxford and Androscoggin counties.
The board agreed that they should request the same conditions be met by the Smales as were given to Sirois and Crandall regarding all state licensing and permitting as required for a business.
NewsHawk: Ganjarden: 420 MAGAZINE
Source: SunJournal.com
Author: Ann Bryant
Copyright: 2010 Sun Media Group
