Smoke and the City: Marijuana matriarchs of New York

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THE Peckham women are your typical attractive, well-educated New Yorkers from a wealthy construction dynasty.

But the family has had its share of sadness, most recently when Frances Keeffe, mother of Amy Peckham and grandmother to Hillary and Keeley, died two years ago after a painful battle with Motor Neurone Disease.

It was soon after that tragedy that Amy made a bold suggestion to her daughters — they should go into the marijuana business.

The women had the money, thanks to family business Peckham Industries, a titan of road construction and maintenance with a 92-year history. They also had determination and an eagerness to help people living with chronic illnesses.

After Frances’s diagnosis five years ago, the family had watched her suffer through a terminal decline until she could not move her mouth, the cocktail of drugs she was prescribed making her even sicker, and giving her C.difficile infection....

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