{"id":9194,"date":"2016-07-24T12:11:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T12:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theweedblog.com\/?p=49582"},"modified":"2016-07-24T12:11:29","modified_gmt":"2016-07-24T12:11:29","slug":"city-oks-medical-marijuana-instantly-erases-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/city-oks-medical-marijuana-instantly-erases-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"City OK\u2019s Medical Marijuana \u2013 Instantly Erases Debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/city-oks-medical-marijuana-instantly-erases-debt\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Alex Schwantner<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhat a long strange trip its been\u2026\u2019 we listened to the citizens and created a package that was reflective of the population\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This from Mayor Patrick Keogh of the central California city of Coalignia summing up six months of intense debate over marijuana policy. Now, with the allowance of cultivation and processing within the city, Coalinga was able to finalize a deal with Marijuana producer Ocean Grown Extracts regarding the sale of a dormant prison for use as a production facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The $4.1 million sale \u201cwill immediately bring Coalinga\u2019s general fund into the black,\u201d according to a report from The Fresno Bee. \u201cCity Manager Marissa Trejo said Coalinga was $3.3 million to $3.8 million in debt.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last January the city council had voted to allow the cultivation and processing of medical marijuana but backtracked when the decision was met with outcry from community members. However, after months of special meetings and workshops aimed at educating the public, progress resumed. The vote passed 4 to 1 with no opposition from the well informed public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Negotiations with Ocean Grown Extracts began in march and with the newly finalized laws coming into effect the city is experiencing instant gratification.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ocean Grown estimates their new facility will create upwards of 100 jobs. \u201cWe appreciate Coalinga taking a chance not only on us, but on the industry,\u201d Ocean Grown co-owner Casey Dalton told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fresnobee.com\/news\/local\/article88377122.html\"><span class=\"s2\">The Fresno Bee<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Check Out More <a href=\"http:\/\/stuffstonerslike.com\/\">Stuff Stoners Like<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Schwantner &#8220;What a long strange trip its been&#8230;&#8217; we listened to the citizens and created a package that was reflective of the population&#8230;&#8221; This from Mayor Patrick Keogh of the central California city of Coalignia summing up six months of intense debate over marijuana policy. Now, with the allowance of cultivation and processing [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theweedblog.com\/medical-marijuana-policy\/city-oks-medical-marijuana-instantly-erases-debt\">City OK&#8217;s Medical Marijuana &#8211; Instantly Erases Debt<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/theweedblog.com\">The Weed Blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6821,9,1,3,61,1736],"tags":[6823],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}