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Falls Township officials have granted final land development approval for a second medical marijuana facility at the former U.S. Steel property.
The Board of Supervisors for the township granted approval to PharmaCann Penn Plant LLC to construct their medical marijuana facility at 150 Solar Drive in the Keystone Industrial Port Complex.
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PharmaCann was approved to construct a 35,425-square-foot greenhouse and a 24,360-square-foot processing facility at the site.
Engineer Bob Showalter has noted that marijuana grown onsite would be converted into various items, including CBD oil, and that everything would be shipped off site. Both the PharmaCann and the MLH Explorations facilities will also be secure with locks, fencing and round-the-clock security monitoring.
The facility at the Keystone Industrial Port Complex will be PharmaCann’s fourth cultivation and processing center, with two others in Illinois and another in New York.
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The Supervisors granted final approval last year to MLH Explorations, an entity that will partner with Jefferson University Health System in researching what causes the general conditions for people to response positively to medical marijuana treatment. That growing and processing facility is expected to employ 50 people and be situated on the other half of the 32-acre parcel where PharmaCann plans to build their greenhouse and processing facility.
Falls Township officials adopted a local ordinance last year to govern medical marijuana grower and dispensary operations in response to the state’s medical marijuana legalization. The ordinance included set regulations for the production and distribution of medical marijuana and outlined where facilities could be located, namely in the highway commercial; materials processing and manufacturing; and farming and mining districts. Medical marijuana operations are not permitted within 1,000 feet of a school, park, daycare center, community center or worship site.
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Earlier this month, the Levittown-area’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened in Bristol Township. It ships in its products from out of the area.
