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Massachusetts - Bill Snowden IV, owner of Yarmouth's Hawks Wing Farm, says his motivation for wanting to use the property to cultivate medical marijuana are deeply personal. Snowden's grandfather died of complications from AIDS, his grandmother from pancreatic and liver cancer. Both of their suffering could have been alleviated, he says, had medical marijuana been legal at the time. "It wasn't easy to see that," Snowden says. "My grandparents could've had relief."
Not long after a measure legalizing medical marijuana was passed overwhelmingly by Massachusetts voters last November, Snowden began searching for ways to be a part of the new industry. Growing the crop was a natural choice, he says, given his background at Hawks Wing, where the 23-year-old has worked since he was 15. "I take pride in the property," Snowden says. "There are 900 fruit trees here, and I helped plant every one."
Snowden researched groups seeking licenses to distribute medical marijuana in the commonwealth, and settled on Planting Hope, a nonprofit organization planning to open a dispensary in Boston. Under the deal he subsequently struck with the organization, Hawks Wing would supply that dispensary with marijuana. Substantial renovations of the property would be necessary, with new greenhouse space being added, and security firm LAN-TEL Communications being contracted to plan fencing, lighting, cameras, and other security measures. Now the project may be approaching its first major hurdle. Appearing before the Yarmouth Planning Board on Nov. 6, Snowden, Planting Hope's Jonathan Napoli, and Robert Speicher of LAN-TEL, met with considerable skepticism.
The board has been working to draft a new bylaw governing medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation sites, which it hopes to have ready for a vote at the spring Town Meeting. Board members questioned Snowden, Napoli, and Speicher on every aspect of the plan, beginning with security. "The security around it is extremely robust," said Napoli. "We'd have locked facilities inside locked facilities."
Besides added fencing, and locks operated by passkeys or biometric scanners, the plan calls for security cameras to operate around the clock, with a direct feed to the Yarmouth police station. LAN-TEL already handles the YPD's camera system, and Speicher said adding a connection to Hawks Wing would not be difficult. "This is going to be the most closely watched thing around," Napoli said, adding that the exact location of security cameras could be tailored to police specifications. "Whatever they want to do with it is fine with us. We would want it to be monitored."
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Source: Wickedlocal.com
Author: Conor Powers-Smith
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Website: Yarmouth considers hard line on marijuana cultivation - - Wicked Local - Cape Cod
Not long after a measure legalizing medical marijuana was passed overwhelmingly by Massachusetts voters last November, Snowden began searching for ways to be a part of the new industry. Growing the crop was a natural choice, he says, given his background at Hawks Wing, where the 23-year-old has worked since he was 15. "I take pride in the property," Snowden says. "There are 900 fruit trees here, and I helped plant every one."
Snowden researched groups seeking licenses to distribute medical marijuana in the commonwealth, and settled on Planting Hope, a nonprofit organization planning to open a dispensary in Boston. Under the deal he subsequently struck with the organization, Hawks Wing would supply that dispensary with marijuana. Substantial renovations of the property would be necessary, with new greenhouse space being added, and security firm LAN-TEL Communications being contracted to plan fencing, lighting, cameras, and other security measures. Now the project may be approaching its first major hurdle. Appearing before the Yarmouth Planning Board on Nov. 6, Snowden, Planting Hope's Jonathan Napoli, and Robert Speicher of LAN-TEL, met with considerable skepticism.
The board has been working to draft a new bylaw governing medical marijuana dispensaries and cultivation sites, which it hopes to have ready for a vote at the spring Town Meeting. Board members questioned Snowden, Napoli, and Speicher on every aspect of the plan, beginning with security. "The security around it is extremely robust," said Napoli. "We'd have locked facilities inside locked facilities."
Besides added fencing, and locks operated by passkeys or biometric scanners, the plan calls for security cameras to operate around the clock, with a direct feed to the Yarmouth police station. LAN-TEL already handles the YPD's camera system, and Speicher said adding a connection to Hawks Wing would not be difficult. "This is going to be the most closely watched thing around," Napoli said, adding that the exact location of security cameras could be tailored to police specifications. "Whatever they want to do with it is fine with us. We would want it to be monitored."
News Moderator - The General @ 420 MAGAZINE ®
Source: Wickedlocal.com
Author: Conor Powers-Smith
Contact: Wicked Local - Cape Cod Contact Us
Website: Yarmouth considers hard line on marijuana cultivation - - Wicked Local - Cape Cod
