‘Fort Knox’ security for Illinois marijuana trade

By Carla Johnson

Published August 15, 2014 6:56pm ET

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‘Fort Knox’ security for Illinois marijuana trade — In this photo taken on Aug. 13, 2014, Kenneth Bouch, center, and Ben Kovler, right, of Green Thumb Industries, an Illinois-based partnership of medical marijuana entrepreneurs, review security plans for a proposed medical marijuana facility with security adviser Terry Gainer during a meeting in Chicago. Medical marijuana in Illinois will be encased in vaults, monitored by security guards and protected by fingerprint-recognition biometrics. That's the picture painted by business owners who are competing for a limited number of marijuana cultivation and dispensary permits under the state's new law. A detailed security plan will give an edge in the scoring, so many of the applicants say they're exceeding the Illinois law's already-strict requirements.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) | M. Spencer Green

CHICAGO (AP) — Medical marijuana in Illinois will be encased in vaults, monitored by security guards and protected by fingerprint-recognition biometrics.

It will be grown in enclosed, locked facilities. Silent alarms, 24-hour video surveillance and bulletproof glass will safeguard the retail centers where patients with special IDs will be escorted to their cars after buying pot.

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