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For 30 years Pete Young worked in the shadows, illegally providing medical marijuana to members of the London Compassion Society.

The group kept a low profile, but it didn’t always keep them out of trouble. In 2007, London police raided society headquarters and Young later pleaded guilty to three drug-related charges.

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Now his faith that the medicinal benefits of cannabis would eventually be recognized has finally been rewarded.

Replete in dreadlocks, a beard, bandana and Birkenstocks, he was choked up Wednesday as he introduced himself as an executive of Indiva, London’s first licensed cannabis growing operation.

“I get a little emotional with this movement. I’ve been doing this most of my life and I never dreamed we would be where we are today,” said Young, whose official title is master grower.