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[WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights
    #14345185 - 04/24/11 07:57 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights
April 24, 2011 - komonews.com

SEATTLE - With medical marijuana dispensaries spreading throughout Western Washington - and the fate of a bill to regulate them in doubt - more and more of the pot outlets are being targeted by thieves.

But at least one new dispensary has spent tens of thousands of dollars to make sure the staff and patients are safe at all times.

The result is something that resembles a bank more than a store.

With cameras in one corner, an 1,800-pound safe in another and a layer of bullet-proof glass between patients and staffers who dispense the drug - it's a marijuana fortress.

"We're safe. We took the time, we did our research. We're here to help the patient," says Johnny Mahalo, president CannaPi, which runs the dispensary.

Patients who come to the nondescript Georgetown building find themselves inside a medical marijuana dispensary unlike most they've probably seen.

Mahalo says CannaPi sunk about $80,000 into security upgrades.

"It's blacked out so you cannot see into our safe room," he says.

Security measures include a safe room with bullet-proof pass-through boxes to hand over pot.

The heightened security is something they learned from incidents like the one in which two men attacked a worker at a Fremont dispensary about five months ago.

In that incident, the suspects climbed through an opening between the office and the lobby, raided the safe, and beat up a worker.

But CannaPi aims to be something different - something completely secure.

They even put double bars on the skylight, to make sure no one could get through. They've also installed motion detectors and more.

The staff here says they even worked with Seattle Police on their set-up.

"It makes me feel, you know, like, OK, they're professional and doing it right," says patient Glenn Danielson of Kirkland.

"We took security seriously," says Mahalo. "We all have families, we all have friends. We all want to be around for the next day."

Mahalo won't reveal exactly how many cameras are watching, only that "there are a lot."

The dispensary even added an extra level of security by sharing a parking lot with a nearby bank.

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Re: [WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights [Re: veggie]
    #14345259 - 04/24/11 08:06 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I had talked about this exact setup in a thread many months ago with a member. I mentioned the gas station kiosks and how they have bulletproof glass with the little drawer that shoots out for you to place your money in. That's how it should be done. It wards off dumb asses looking to steal and hurt people.


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Re: [WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights [Re: destructo_low]
    #14345743 - 04/24/11 09:24 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

The safer it is, the more support the movement will gain. 80 thousand sounds like a ton though...

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Re: [WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights [Re: Tritium]
    #14347605 - 04/25/11 06:02 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

LoL I am in the process of designing a one way flow access control system for a dispensary. These places are definitely stepping up security.

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Re: [WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights [Re: veggie]
    #14358376 - 04/26/11 10:33 PM (12 years, 10 months ago)

I prefer home grown

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Re: [WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights [Re: ckbhack]
    #14360405 - 04/27/11 10:19 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

talk about an over valued product...

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Re: [WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights [Re: batman returns]
    #14360587 - 04/27/11 11:09 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

The next time some shithead senator or congressmen wants to author a bill to instate a horribly excessive penalty for a drug "crime," he/she should draw up a law that prescribes mandatory castration/disfigurement for anyone who tries to rob a dispensary :wink:


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Re: [WA] 'Marijuana fortress' takes dispensary security to new heights [Re: Tritium]
    #14360604 - 04/27/11 11:16 AM (12 years, 10 months ago)

Quote:

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The safer it is, the more support the movement will gain. 80 thousand sounds like a ton though...





The profit margin could be well worth it though.  :o

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