Dec 2, 2018 3 min read

LEDE DESCRIBING HEALING CENTER.

Since The Healing Center opened in June, the medical marijuana industry has had a small but significant impact on Washington County.

Compassionate Certification Centers, which helps patients obtain their medical marijuana cards, opened its doors in WHEN, creating HOW many more jobs.

QUOTE ABOUT HOW IT DRAWS PEOPLE DOWNTOWN WHO MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE.

In 2016, Gov. Tom Wolf signed legislation legalizing medical marijuana in Pennsylvania in order to provide a medical alternative for people suffering from conditions including cancer, seizures and chronic pain.

For communities like Washington where dispensaries and related businesses are opening, economic development has been a positive result.

The Healing Center has treated more than 4,000 patients since it opened on June 28, with more than 80 percent reporting positive results.

Chris Cohan said the company selected Washington for several reasons, including its access to highways, the impact of the opioid crisis on the county, and its public transportation system.

“We wanted the QUOTE. It was very imporatn for us, we started with the mayor, chief of police to lket them know what kind of organization we are, we didn’t’ want an adversarial relationship, we wanted tehm to know what kind of impact wed have in community in the area of hiring, helping people who are ill, we won’t go to an area if we don’t have the support of the area.

It implemented a  Chritstmas fundraiser, Healing Hearts for Christmas, where We sponsor events, we have a wonderulf charity program goin g on called healing hears, we sell green hearts for $1, on Dec. 28 we pull one patient’s name, and we donate to the org. they seleted, we’re trying to support our local paitnends and the area. Selling the healing hearts for $1 in the dinspensary.

We’re part of the Wash Co chamber of Chommerce, and we just we try to sponsor

The most important things for people to know is prices have come down already, wer’re already getting price regulation involved, more competition among growers. There are adqueate teratemetns fro people, like $40 can cover them for the month, seriously ill panteitns might be strapped for cash, we’re proud about that, we want to have the widest variety of products at competitive prices, we got into this for the reasons of healping patients, we’ve suffered losses . Its personal for us.

We sell dry leaf, again what i was Chris Cohan.

Chris Kohan said the company values its relationship with the community.

In Pennsylvania, the medical marijuana program is open to patents under a physician’s care for one of 21 conditions, including cancer, autism, glaucoma, Parkinson’s disease, sickle cell anemia, seizures and chronic pain.

DOCROT SAYS HE CAN SEE PEOPLE BEING SKEPTICAL BUT HAS SEEN RESULTS.

The bottom line is that the industry is creating jobs. 

There are individuals who provide services to the industry – attorneys, accountants, security companies – that have jobs because medical marijuana businesses have settled in the area. 

The More importantly, this area of commerce pays for itself, creating jobs and security without sacrificing the infrastructure required to ensure public safety.