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Merrimack planners approve medical marijuana dispensary

MERRIMACK — Despite concerns from neighboring businesses and a nearby Catholic college, the local planning board on Tuesday granted permission for a medical marijuana dispensary to operate in town.Prime Alternative Treatment Center of New Hampshire will convert the former Digital Credit Union building at 105 Daniel Webster Highway into a medical cannabis dispensary — one of four being permitted by the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services since the state legislature legalized the use of cannabis for therapeutic purposes in June of 2013.“This is a therapy just like any other medication,” Brett Sicklick, CEO of Prime Alternative Treatment Center of New Hampshire, told the planning board on Tuesday. “There will be no consumption of product on site.”If the charitable non-profit organization receives all of its permits, the dispensary will include security cameras, secure interior vaults and a clean, professional environment similar to a medical facility, according to compan... http://www.unionleader.com/Merrimack-planners-approve-medical-marijuana-dispensary