01/28/2019 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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of Registration with the Department of Public Health to operate a Registered Marijuana. Dispensary(RMD) in Middleborough.The company expects its 31,000 sq. ft.hybrid greenhouse facility there to begin supplying the proposed Mashpee dispensary once that facility is completed in late 2019, and has supply contract commitments from other RMDs for interim product needs.Most of the improvements to the applicant's proposed location world be aesthetic,the site having been operational and the home-of a gift shop until the end of December and 2018. Factors that may affect this timeline include the availability of Cape-based contractors for rehabilitation(preferred by the applicant),the availability of local staff for the applicant's business, and the timeline of approvals from the Town's Board of Selectmen,Zoning Board of Appeals, and now Board of Health contingent upon recently released draft regulations. Research License Pruner:Western medicine,particularly phatmaceutical medicine has been problematic in modem U.S. society-with addiction, side effects and monetary cost. Jurisdictions that choose to regulate Cannabis therefore do so typically with an understanding that the plant can provide a safer,less addictive, and more organic answer,to many human illnesses and afflictions. Along these lines,HHG's principals believe that the State of Massachusetts chose to regulate Cannabis sales for a reason,that the reason was initially medicinal, and that Massachusetts is renowned as a center for innovative medicine throughout the world.In anticipation of supporting federal legislation,HHG believes Mashpee, and Cape Cod more generally should participate in this relatively low impact,high value and increasingly beneficial industry. ' . The company's operational model under this research license is to some extent considered a trade secret,but concerns those regulations at 935 CMR 500.0500 and 105 CMR 725.021- 725.025 with respect to research and caregiver institutions respectively.The model generally focuses on geriatric medicine, and uses for Cannabis in elderly populations.HHG has sought to discuss and.receive feedback on its research plans from the Mashpee Council on Aging and Board of Health,but these entities appropriately seek direction from the Town Manager before any such discussion takes place. The company remains available to speak to town officials on this subject. About Holistic Health Group: HKG is a medical priority-status applicant by vote of the Cannabis Control Commission on April.24,2018. As a medical RMD the company is therefore also vertically integrated,meaning it will cultivate and process much of its own inventory in the Mashpee dispensary.HHG is also one of the first and only Massachusetts RMDs to harness the sun's power directly with a Nexus greenhouse, and with cultivation 4