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GROWERS AND DISPENSARIES ARE
GETTING READY TO OPEN FOR
BUSINESS.
11 NEWS REPORTER ADAM MAY HAS AN
EXCLUSIVE LOOK INSIDE THE NEW
BUSINESS OF POT.
REPORTER: AT A WAREHOUSE IN
BALTIMORE, CONSTRUCTION IS
MOVING FAST.
>> 44,000 SQUARE FEET AND WE ARE
TOTALLY REPURPOSING THIS ENTIRE
BUILDING.
REPORTER: TED REBHOLZ IS
PRESIDENT OF TEMESCAL WELLNESS
HE GAVE 11 NEWS AN EXCLUSIVE
TOUR OF THEIR SOON-TO-BE MEDICAL
CANNIBIS FACILITY FOR SECURITY
REASONS WE AGREED NOT TO SHARE
THE EXACT LOCATION.
>> WE WILL HAVE THE MAJORITY O
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR PLANTS,
FROM CLONES, TO FULLY
HARVESTABLE PLANTS.
REPORTER: IN A FEW MONTHS THE
SPACE WILL BE TRANSFORMED FROM
THIS TO THIS.
TEMESCAL ALSO RUNS THIS
PRODUCTION FACILITY IN NEW
HAMPSHIRE AND THEY'RE ANXIOUS TO
EXPAND TO BALTIMORE.
SO WHAT'S OVER ON THIS SIDE?
>> THIS SIDE IS A MIX OF USES.
AFTER WE HARVEST THE PLANTS WE
NEED TO DRY AND CURE THEM.
AS WELL AS TRIM THEM AND EXTRACT
THE MEDICINAL CANNABINOIDS FROM
THE PLAN
REPORTER: TEMESCAL WELLNESS IS
ONE OF 15 COMPANIES GRANTED
PRE-APPROVAL FROM THE STATE OF
MARYLAND TO GROW MARIJUANA-AND
ONE OF 102 COMPANIES
PRE-APPROVED TO DISPENSE IT.
THEY PLAN TO HIRE UP TO 100
WORKERS.
>> I WORKED AT THE SUBSTANCE
ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
ADMINISTRATION FOR 16 YEARS.
REPORTER: AT THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT?
>> AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
REPORTER: TEMESCAL JUST HIRED
DICY PAINTER TO MAKE SURE THE
COMPANY FOLLOWS REGULATIONS,
SHE'S EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE
USES FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA.
>> IF I AM LEAVING THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT THIS IS WHAT I'M
DOING OR I AM NOT DOING
ANYTHING.
REPORTER: PAINTER IS PART OF A
GROWING NUMBER OF MINORITIES AND
WOMEN ENTERING THE INDUSTRY NOW
EXCEEDING 50% ACCORDING TO NEW
DATA RELEASED BY THE MARYLAND
MEDICAL CANNABIS COMMISSION.
THE AGENCY IN CHARGE OF
LICENSING RECENTLY CAME UNDER
FIRE FOR FAILING TO GRANT
MINORITY-LED COMPANIES LICENSES
TO CULTIVATE.
AS STATE LAWMAKERS CONSIDER
ISSUING ANOTHER ROUND OF
LICENSES TO MINORITIES ANOTHER
DEBATE IS BREWING OVER THE USES
FOR MEDICAL CANNABIS.
ESPECIALLY THE POTENTIAL USE AN
ADDITION TREATMENT TO HELP
PEOPLE WITH STRUGGLING WITH
HEROIN AND PRECRIPTION OPIOIDS.
TEMESCAL WELLNESS SAYS THEY HAVE
PATIENTS IN NEW HAMPSIRE WHO
HAVE BROKEN THEIR OPIOID
DEPENENCE THANKS TO CANNABIS.
>> THE POTENTIAL FOR PROVIDING
PATIENTS A NON-TOXIC, PLANT
BASED ALTERNATIVE THERAPY, I
THINK IT'S A NO-BRAINER.
REPORTER: SOME RECENT STUDIES
FOUND DECREASED OPIOID USE AMONG
MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS ONE
STUDY EVEN FOUND A 25% DROP IN
OPIOID OVERDOSE DEATHS IN STATES
THAT LEGALIZED MEDICAL
MARIJUANA.
BALTIMORE'S HEALTH COMMSSIONER,
DOCTOR LEANA WEN WHOS BEEN
NATIONALLY RECOGONIZED FOR
LEADING BALTIMORE'S WAR AGAINS
OPIOIDS IS NOT SOLD.
>> WE NEED A LOT MORE EVIDENCE,
A LOT MORE RESEARCH ON HOW
MEDICAL MARIJUANA MAY OR NOT
AFFECT OPIOID USAG
REPORTER: REGARDLESS, SHE
SUPPORTS MEDICAL CANNABIS.
>> THERE ARE PATIENTS IN
INTRACTABLE PAIN, OR DON'T HAVE
OTHER OPTIONS, OR HAVE DOCTORS
WHO SAY THIS IS THE BEST
SOLUTION FOR THEM, SO I AM GLAD
THIS TOOL IS AVAILABLE TO THOSE
THAT NEED IT
REPORTER: AS THE USES FOR
CANNABIS ARE STILL BEING SORTED
OUT TEMESCAL IS BUILDING ON THE
POSSIBILITY OF GROWTH.

Video: Medical cannabis company ready to expand in Maryland

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