Multimillionaires and aspiring entrepreneurs are hustling round the clock for a shot at the pot of gold that could come with a state license to grow, process, and distribute medical marijuana in Pennsylvania. The race, says a Main Line businessman right in the thick of it, has become “insanely” competitive.
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The maneuvering is particularly frenzied -- and ferocious -- in this region, with eight counties in Southeastern Pennsylvania, designated to receive only two of the first 12 grower/processor licenses being issued under the medical-marijuana law enacted last year.
Among the known aspirants are an automotive-repair chain magnate, the daughter of the late Flyers owner Ed Snider, and a prominent Delaware County real estate family.
