Ron Strider
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Want to know more about those who applied to grow or dispense medical marijuana in Pennsylvania?
Good luck.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently published the redacted applications online. The applications can be 600 pages or longer, and most pages are entirely black.
Not surprisingly, you won't find out how the marijuana will be processed, how it will be transported or how it will be secured and accounted for.
But you can learn how to nurture marijuana plants.
The health department recently granted 12 permits for growers/processors and 27 for dispensaries.
The information available to the public from those applications varies widely.
"In the application instructions, the applicants were instructed to self-redact their applications using the standard of the Right to Know Law," said April Hutcheson, health department spokeswoman. "DOH reviewed the redactions to ensure that nothing was missed."
DOH redactions were largely personal information -- such as phone numbers, finances and addresses.
Ilera Health Care LLC , which will be growing medical marijuana in Fulton County, apparently left in specifics about how its marijuana would be transported, its inventory managed and marijuana waste disposed of.
Not to worry. The Department of Health followed up with a black marker.
Anything the department redacted is marked with "PADOH Redaction," Hutcheson said. Anything that is redacted without notation was done by the applicant.
Ilera's remains one of the more accessible applications. You can learn about pest control, sanitation, labeling and safety measures. You can also learn details about the company's officers.
Green Leaf Medicals LLC describes how it will grow and fertilize its marijuana plants. Information about the company's officers is also available. Its proposal for growing in a Bedford County warehouse scored high, but not high enough to be a winner in the first round.
In contrast, many other applicants allow the public to see only supporting documents -- such as incorporation papers, deeds, or lease and purchase agreements.
Most of the 576-page application from AES Compassionate Care LLC is blackened. The Chicago-based group will be growing medical marijuana on Wayne Avenue in Chambersburg. An abbreviated list of principals and investors is available.
The grower application from SAI Fresh Farms Inc. has 300 blacked-out pages. Little more can be discerned than Ravi and Kanthy Vaylay of York Springs propose a growing operation in Latimore Township, Adams County.
Sanctuary Medicinals LLC released even less about its proposal to grow medical marijuana. The information that remains on its application indicated no county of preference for the corporation whose members are SageWay LLC, Tiger Group, Jessica Tracy and Joshua Weaver.
Both SAI and Sanitary Medicinals did not score well.
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Good luck.
The Pennsylvania Department of Health recently published the redacted applications online. The applications can be 600 pages or longer, and most pages are entirely black.
Not surprisingly, you won't find out how the marijuana will be processed, how it will be transported or how it will be secured and accounted for.
But you can learn how to nurture marijuana plants.
The health department recently granted 12 permits for growers/processors and 27 for dispensaries.
The information available to the public from those applications varies widely.
"In the application instructions, the applicants were instructed to self-redact their applications using the standard of the Right to Know Law," said April Hutcheson, health department spokeswoman. "DOH reviewed the redactions to ensure that nothing was missed."
DOH redactions were largely personal information -- such as phone numbers, finances and addresses.
Ilera Health Care LLC , which will be growing medical marijuana in Fulton County, apparently left in specifics about how its marijuana would be transported, its inventory managed and marijuana waste disposed of.
Not to worry. The Department of Health followed up with a black marker.
Anything the department redacted is marked with "PADOH Redaction," Hutcheson said. Anything that is redacted without notation was done by the applicant.
Ilera's remains one of the more accessible applications. You can learn about pest control, sanitation, labeling and safety measures. You can also learn details about the company's officers.
Green Leaf Medicals LLC describes how it will grow and fertilize its marijuana plants. Information about the company's officers is also available. Its proposal for growing in a Bedford County warehouse scored high, but not high enough to be a winner in the first round.
In contrast, many other applicants allow the public to see only supporting documents -- such as incorporation papers, deeds, or lease and purchase agreements.
Most of the 576-page application from AES Compassionate Care LLC is blackened. The Chicago-based group will be growing medical marijuana on Wayne Avenue in Chambersburg. An abbreviated list of principals and investors is available.
The grower application from SAI Fresh Farms Inc. has 300 blacked-out pages. Little more can be discerned than Ravi and Kanthy Vaylay of York Springs propose a growing operation in Latimore Township, Adams County.
Sanctuary Medicinals LLC released even less about its proposal to grow medical marijuana. The information that remains on its application indicated no county of preference for the corporation whose members are SageWay LLC, Tiger Group, Jessica Tracy and Joshua Weaver.
Both SAI and Sanitary Medicinals did not score well.
News Moderator: Ron Strider 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Your new local medical marijuana company may be hiding things from you
Author: Jim Hook
Contact: Contact Us | Public Opinion Chambersburg
Photo Credit: Courtesy
Website: Chambersburg Public Opinion - Breaking News, Sports, Weather, Traffic
