First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Tallahassee : fsunews

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First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Tallahassee

First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Tallahassee

Dallas Nagy, who suffers from a degenerative nerve condition called Dystonia, completes Florida's first medical marijuana purchase.(Photo: Hunter Dyke/FSView)For patients hoping to ease their suffering from seizures, muscle spasms, or a terminal illness, it's the stuff that dreams are made of.On Tuesday afternoon, Trulieve, the first medical marijuana dispensary in Florida, opened its doors for business only a week after being given permission to operate by the state's Department of Health.


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Ohio is now the 26th state to legalize medical marijuana -- a great accomplishment for advocates and patients.But does the bill go far enough?While the bill states that patient information will be kept confidential, there is a failure to protect patients working in zero-tolerance companies that perform drug testing.


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First Florida medical marijuana dispensary opens in Tallahassee

First Florida medical marijuana dispensary opens in Tallahassee

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The first shop that can legally sell medical marijuana in Florida opened at a strip mall in Tallahassee on Tuesday and Dallas Nagy became its first customer, buying cannabis capsules that he hopes will ease his chronic muscle spasms and seizures.Related: Florida medical marijuana makes first home delivery"Where's my stuff?" Nagy joked as he handed over $60 at the shop after travelling about 200 miles from his hometown in Hudson, near Tampa, for the ceremonial opening of the Trulieve dispensary attended by several doctors, patient advocates and members of the press.Trulieve, which gets its pot plants from partner Hackney Nursery, has been licensed to distribute medical marijuana more than two years after the sales were approved by the Florida Legislature in a process beset by several administrative delays.