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The owner of a medical marijuana collective in the Central Valley has high hopes of opening a similar business in her new home town – Oceano.
Tammy Murray, director and chief executive officer of Compassionate Cannabis Information Center in Goshen, wants to open shop at a home she purchased in the 1400 block of South Fourth Street.
Escrow closed on the blue, two-story house in April, and Murray is working with county planners to acquire the necessary permits to open and operate a collective at the Oceano residence.
Project planner Bill Robeson expects the county Planning Commission to hold a public hearing on the proposed collective in about three months.
"We are still in the information-gathering phase," Robeson said.
Murray opened the Compassionate Cannabis Information Center, or CCIC, in 2008 after meeting an injured veteran at Fresno's veterans hospital.
The man was suffering from internal shrapnel injuries and could not take traditional pain medications, so he smoked marijuana for relief, Murray said.
"I'm doing this for all the right reasons and the right way," said Murray, who has used medical marijuana for her own ailments for the last 15 years. "It will draw the right kind of people."
If she is permitted to open a medicinal marijuana collective in Oceano, CCIC would be the first legal cannabis club in San Luis Obispo County.
Others have attempted to open collectives in Nipomo and Templeton but failed to gain county approval.
A county ordinance allows dispensaries to be established in such unincorporated areas as Oceano but specifies the facilities must be located 1,000 feet away from public schools, playgrounds, parks, youth or recreation centers and libraries.
"(The house) is really quite perfect for what it needs to be," Murray said, adding the collective would bring four new jobs to Oceano and create $36,000 in annual sales tax revenue for county coffers.
The area where Murray bought the home for the proposed collective has mostly light industrial uses, with a few nearby residences.
More than 30 percent of Murray's clients in Goshen are disabled military veterans, who she said are her target market as the individuals can often only tolerate cannabis to treat their pain and mental health issues.
Murray is also a disabled veteran.
Sheriff's Cmdr. Ken Conway said Murray paints a "wonderful picture" of her proposal, but he doesn't want to see a collective open in the community.
"It's a bad law (that) legalized drug dealing," Conway said of California's medical marijuana law. "That's a rough part of town ... and it will be encouraging (crime). It's going to bring a lot of problems with it."
He also added that the fears people have about medical marijuana collectives aren't unfounded.
Murray believes the collective would not bring increased crime to Oceano, as the business would be open by appointment only, making it more regulated, and only operate between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
She would also have someone live on the property full time and a state-of-the-art security system installed before opening.
News Hawk- Jacob Ebel 420 MAGAZINE
Source: santamariatimes.com
Author: April Charlton
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Copyright: Santa Maria Times
Website: Medical marijuana collective proposed in Oceano
Tammy Murray, director and chief executive officer of Compassionate Cannabis Information Center in Goshen, wants to open shop at a home she purchased in the 1400 block of South Fourth Street.
Escrow closed on the blue, two-story house in April, and Murray is working with county planners to acquire the necessary permits to open and operate a collective at the Oceano residence.
Project planner Bill Robeson expects the county Planning Commission to hold a public hearing on the proposed collective in about three months.
"We are still in the information-gathering phase," Robeson said.
Murray opened the Compassionate Cannabis Information Center, or CCIC, in 2008 after meeting an injured veteran at Fresno's veterans hospital.
The man was suffering from internal shrapnel injuries and could not take traditional pain medications, so he smoked marijuana for relief, Murray said.
"I'm doing this for all the right reasons and the right way," said Murray, who has used medical marijuana for her own ailments for the last 15 years. "It will draw the right kind of people."
If she is permitted to open a medicinal marijuana collective in Oceano, CCIC would be the first legal cannabis club in San Luis Obispo County.
Others have attempted to open collectives in Nipomo and Templeton but failed to gain county approval.
A county ordinance allows dispensaries to be established in such unincorporated areas as Oceano but specifies the facilities must be located 1,000 feet away from public schools, playgrounds, parks, youth or recreation centers and libraries.
"(The house) is really quite perfect for what it needs to be," Murray said, adding the collective would bring four new jobs to Oceano and create $36,000 in annual sales tax revenue for county coffers.
The area where Murray bought the home for the proposed collective has mostly light industrial uses, with a few nearby residences.
More than 30 percent of Murray's clients in Goshen are disabled military veterans, who she said are her target market as the individuals can often only tolerate cannabis to treat their pain and mental health issues.
Murray is also a disabled veteran.
Sheriff's Cmdr. Ken Conway said Murray paints a "wonderful picture" of her proposal, but he doesn't want to see a collective open in the community.
"It's a bad law (that) legalized drug dealing," Conway said of California's medical marijuana law. "That's a rough part of town ... and it will be encouraging (crime). It's going to bring a lot of problems with it."
He also added that the fears people have about medical marijuana collectives aren't unfounded.
Murray believes the collective would not bring increased crime to Oceano, as the business would be open by appointment only, making it more regulated, and only operate between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
She would also have someone live on the property full time and a state-of-the-art security system installed before opening.
News Hawk- Jacob Ebel 420 MAGAZINE
Source: santamariatimes.com
Author: April Charlton
Contact: Contact Us
Copyright: Santa Maria Times
Website: Medical marijuana collective proposed in Oceano
