Local company looks into providing medical marijuana
BY PATRICK PETERSON • FLORIDA TODAY • December 6, 2009
Seeing an economic opportunity in medical marijuana, a health consulting company based in Indian Harbour Beach believes there is money to be made as several states and the federal government ease rules on the medicinal plant.
"We are approaching all 13 states where it's legal right now and working through the legalities of it," said Thomas Gaffney, president and CEO of Health Sciences Group Inc. "We are certainly preparing for the day it goes nationwide, and I'm sure it will."
The company is studying laws in states where it's legal to grow and dispense marijuana for medical use and is making plans to get a piece of the action by growing, transporting and selling marijuana to those with a prescription.
Though most state rules require nonprofit status for these operations, the company could make money by providing services to the dispensaries.
"It's wide open," Gaffney said. "The first people in the door make the money in it. It's a multimillion dollar business."
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