WEBVTT IS LIVE NOWWITH MORE.REPORTER: OF THOSE SIXDISPENSARIES, FIVE OF THEM ARELOCATED IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY.TODAY WE GOT A CLOSER LOOK ATONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES THATWILL BE BOTH GROWING AND SELLINGMARIJUANA COME JANUA 1.FOR AARON, MONDAY REPRESENTSMORE THAN JUST AA CHANCE TOEXPAND HIS BUSINESS.IT'S A CHANCE TO CONTINUE HISMISSION.>> FARMING IN GENERAL WAS MYPASSION INITIALLY, AND THEN IFOUND THE CANNABIS PLANT,THOUGHT I WAS JUST GOING TOGREAT FOR MY OWN PERSONALMEDICINE AND THEN FOUND HOW MUCHBENEFIT IT HAS IN GENERAL.I SAW IT AS A RESPONSIBILITY TOHELP MY FELLOW VETERANS THATHAVE BEEN THROUGH SOME HARDTIMES.REPORTER: AARON SPENT SIX YEARSAS A MARINE IN AFGHANISTAN,BEFORE LEAVING THE SERVICE THE2008.>> WHEN I FIRST GOT OUT I JOINEDTHE FORMER VETERANS COALITION,THEY HELPED ME FIGURE OUT WHAT IWANTED TO DO.REPORTER: THEN HE STARTED THEVETERANS ALLIANCE IN 2011.>> WE HAVE CLOSE TO 800 VETERANSTHAT WE PROVIDE FREE MEDICINETO.JUST BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THESERVICE ANY MORE DOESN'T MEAN WEDON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE OFSERVICE.REPORTER: HE SAYS THE SALES WILLCONTINUE HIS MISSION, GROWINGMARIJUANA TO HEAL FELLOWVETERANS WHILE HEALING HIMSELF.>> ALMOST ALL OF US COME BACKWITH HYPER VIGILANCE ISSUES,IT'S HARD TO COME OUT OF THATENVIRONMENT AND TRANSITION WALKINTO A SLOW NORMAL PAYINGS OFLIFE.WATCHING THE SLOW GROWTH OF APLAN IS DIRECTLY COUNTER TO THEAGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE THAT WESEE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASE IS INTHE MILITARY AND IN WAR INGENERAL.SO THAT ASPECT OF IT ALONE ISVERY CALMING AND TRANQUIL.REPORTER: AS OF TODAY, 20MARIJUANA BUSINESS PERMITS HAVEBEEN ISSUED WITHIN THE CITY OFSALINAS, BUT NONE OF THOSEBUSINESSES ARE READY FOR JANUARY 1st.ERIN: THANK YOU.MONTEREY, CARMEL AND PACIFIC