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Oregon: Military Veterans Fill Gap in Marijuana Security

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 11/15/2016 - 08:30

Beaverton firm steps into security gap.

Riding shotgun on a truck full of cash and cannabis didn’t make the list of obvious career choices for Chad Holtman, 28, a Portland resident and U.S. Army veteran. 

Then he met an employee of CannaGuard Security, a Beaverton firm that provides transportation, secure storage and electronic security services to marijuana businesses in Oregon and Washington. CEO Noah Stokes made a point of hiring military veterans to staff his company, particularly veterans like Holtman, a former airborne infantryman who said he saw combat during a year in eastern Afghanistan. 

“I decided on a whim to go to (the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training), specifically for the cannabis industry. That was the extent of my plan,” Holtman said. “CannaGuard was, strangely, this perfect fit for what I was imagining.” 

Guards like Holtman are a must for Oregon’s marijuana industry. Left...

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