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The mayor admits there were skeptics initially. >> we're going to be the pot capital of canada and there are going to be people using the marijuana on every street corner. >> they added windows to the old chocolate factory for transparency. >> there are rules to make sure that there is no smell coming from the facility and there's no sales happening here and that, you know, you're a responsible business. >> kelly, and here back in the u.s., medical marijuana sales are expected to triple by 2020, 13 billion dollars, and in pennsylvania, of the first dozen permits given to the communities there,...

It could create a magnet kind of business that would bring in other support businesses. >> pennsylvania awarded its first dozen medical marijuana permits this week while braddock was not picked. he hopes his town will be next. >> we have a lot of work to go, but what i hope what our community shows is that no place is too far gone to begin that process. >> it's a process that worked in smith falls canada. >> we recognize that we have to be new and innovative and open to new ideas if we want to transform the future of this community. >> population 9,000 lost 600 jobs when hershey chocolate move...

But city leaders believe they found a way to revive the region and looking into medical marijuana as the key to their revitalization. we are live in new york city with the details. this is a fascinating story. >> it really is. and, you know, medical marijuana was passed or made legal in pennsylvania last year and towns like braddock are looking to capitalize on that very fact and they point to canada as an example of how marijuana is bringing back struggling towns. >> -- really kind of hit the bottom in terms of 90% of its population were gone and it was considered a violent place that you avo...

Skeptics initially. >> we're going to be the pot capital of canada and there are going to be people using the marijuana on every street corner. >> they added windows to the old chocolate factory for transparency. >> there are rules to make sure that there is no smell coming from the facility and there's no sales happening here and that, you know, you're a responsible business. >> kelly, and here back in the u.s., medical marijuana sales are expected to triple by 2020, 13 billion dollars, and in pennsylvania, of the first dozen permits given to the communities there, ten were in counties that v...

It could create a magnet kind of business that would bring in other support businesses. >> pennsylvania awarded its first dozen medical marijuana permits this week while braddock was not picked. he hopes his town will be next. >> we have a lot of work to go, but what i hope what our community shows is that no place is too far gone to begin that process. >> it's a process that worked in smith falls canada. >> we recognize that we have to be new and innovative and open to new ideas if we want to transform the future of this community. >> population 9,000 lost 600 jobs when hershey chocolate move...