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The state Dept. of Public Health announced last week that the first phase of review of applications for registered marijuana dispensaries has been completed and 159 applicants – including five in Barnstable County – are eligible to move on to phase two of the selection process.
Applicants approved to continue in Barnstable County include East Coast Wellness Center, JCS Holdings, Planting Hope, the William Noyes Webster Foundation and two applications made by Provincetown resident Shawn Nightingale and Truro resident Tim McCarthy under the name Kingsbury Group Inc.
Nightingale and McCarthy submitted two applications because they would like to open at least two registered marijuana dispensaries – one in the mid-Cape region, near Cape Cod Hospital, and one here in Provincetown.
Voters at the Oct. 21 Special Town Meeting will be asked to approve a bylaw amendment that would allow for such dispensaries to be located, by special permit, on Shank Painter Road or Harry Kemp Road.
"We are moving forward absolutely," Nightingale said by phone, while driving to an airport with McCarthy on their way back to Provincetown. The pair was in Denver, Colo., for a couple days last week to learn about the business. Medical marijuana has been legal in Colorado since 2000.
"It's been very, very educational. We had unfettered access. I'm leaving here with a knowledge of the whole business, from seed to sale, including the cooking aspect of it, the edibles," Nightingale added.
The phase two application, which requires a $30,000 nonrefundable fee, has not yet been released, Nightingale said, and thus he has no idea about its deadline. He and McCarthy will attend an informational meeting for phase two applicants, at which questions will be answered, at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Holiday Inn, 30 Washington St., Somerville.
Once the phase two applications are in, a selection committee will evaluate and score them based on such factors as ability to meet the health needs of registered patients, appropriateness of the site, geographical distribution of dispensaries, local support and ensuring public safety, the DPH says.
State law allows the DPH to register up to 35 not-for-profit dispensaries across the state in the first year with at least one, but no more than five, dispensaries per county. Licenses will be distributed to dispensaries on Jan. 1, 2014, and the DPH hopes that they will be able to open within 120 days.
Three Barnstable County applicants – Cape Cod Alternative Medicine Center, Health Betterment Corp and Medisand Inc. – were not allowed to move forward to phase two of the application process.
"Applicants were denied for a wide variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, failing to incorporate as a non-profit or a lack of demonstrated financial viability," DPH Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett wrote in a press release.
Twenty-two applicants statewide failed to meet the criteria to move on, and one applicant withdrew.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: wickedlocal.com
Author: Ann Wood
Contact: Wicked Local - Cape Cod Contact Us
Website: Five Barnstable County applicants OK?d for pot dispensaries - - Wicked Local - Cape Cod
Applicants approved to continue in Barnstable County include East Coast Wellness Center, JCS Holdings, Planting Hope, the William Noyes Webster Foundation and two applications made by Provincetown resident Shawn Nightingale and Truro resident Tim McCarthy under the name Kingsbury Group Inc.
Nightingale and McCarthy submitted two applications because they would like to open at least two registered marijuana dispensaries – one in the mid-Cape region, near Cape Cod Hospital, and one here in Provincetown.
Voters at the Oct. 21 Special Town Meeting will be asked to approve a bylaw amendment that would allow for such dispensaries to be located, by special permit, on Shank Painter Road or Harry Kemp Road.
"We are moving forward absolutely," Nightingale said by phone, while driving to an airport with McCarthy on their way back to Provincetown. The pair was in Denver, Colo., for a couple days last week to learn about the business. Medical marijuana has been legal in Colorado since 2000.
"It's been very, very educational. We had unfettered access. I'm leaving here with a knowledge of the whole business, from seed to sale, including the cooking aspect of it, the edibles," Nightingale added.
The phase two application, which requires a $30,000 nonrefundable fee, has not yet been released, Nightingale said, and thus he has no idea about its deadline. He and McCarthy will attend an informational meeting for phase two applicants, at which questions will be answered, at 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Holiday Inn, 30 Washington St., Somerville.
Once the phase two applications are in, a selection committee will evaluate and score them based on such factors as ability to meet the health needs of registered patients, appropriateness of the site, geographical distribution of dispensaries, local support and ensuring public safety, the DPH says.
State law allows the DPH to register up to 35 not-for-profit dispensaries across the state in the first year with at least one, but no more than five, dispensaries per county. Licenses will be distributed to dispensaries on Jan. 1, 2014, and the DPH hopes that they will be able to open within 120 days.
Three Barnstable County applicants – Cape Cod Alternative Medicine Center, Health Betterment Corp and Medisand Inc. – were not allowed to move forward to phase two of the application process.
"Applicants were denied for a wide variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, failing to incorporate as a non-profit or a lack of demonstrated financial viability," DPH Commissioner Cheryl Bartlett wrote in a press release.
Twenty-two applicants statewide failed to meet the criteria to move on, and one applicant withdrew.
News Hawk- Truth Seeker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: wickedlocal.com
Author: Ann Wood
Contact: Wicked Local - Cape Cod Contact Us
Website: Five Barnstable County applicants OK?d for pot dispensaries - - Wicked Local - Cape Cod
