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Medical marijuana in Pa.: Entrepreneurs position, prepare for new industry

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 06/18/2015 - 08:00

Keystone Organic Farms, which plans to grow medical marijuana, hopes to do so in this former limetone mine, 100 feet underground, in western Pennsylvania.

If Pennsylvania legalizes medical marijuana, Tom Perko plans to go underground -- exactly 100 feet deep.

He's a partner in Keystone Organic Farms, which has an agreement to lease space to grow medical marijuana in an old limestone mine near Gibsonia in western Pennsylvania.

Around the state, others are tweaking business plans and license applications, evaluating soil and lighting systems and lining up warehouse space. "Our business plan is ready ... We have positions filled and everything," said a Halifax-area man who is part of a group which plans to apply for a license, and who said he wasn't ready to be publicly identified.

Legalizing medical marijuana would trigger a new Pennsylvania industry worth an estimated $333 million to $665 million per year. ...

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