Orlando's first licensed medical marijuana dispensary opens Friday - Story stat : fox35orlando

- Orlando's first ever licensed medical marijuana dispensary opens on Friday at 11 a.m., reports the Orlando Sentinel (http://bit.ly/2qxr3J2). Knox then reportedly sought after permits for sites to build medical pot stores. After winning the state's competition to be the medical pot grower and dispenser for the Central Florida region, the company began delivering medical pot to clients in December, says the Orlando Sentinel. The Orlando Sentinel says that more than 630 physicians have been licensed by the state to recommend medical cannabis to patients, even though the state is still hammering out the rules for this process. The Orlando Sentinel went on to say that the Knox Medical dispensary, located at 1901 N. Orange Avenue in Ivanhoe Village, is more like a limited pharmacy available to only people with doctor's prescriptions for low-THC cannabis.




In that same vote Tuesday, council also declared a six-month moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries inside city limits to provide city lawmakers more time to research that issue. Ohio's Legislature approved medical marijuana production and distribution in 2016, but created a two-year window to establish regulations and procedures. Only patients suffering from 22 specified medical conditions would be eligible to purchase medical marijuana, and only under the recommendation of a licensed Ohio doctor. Third Ward Councilwoman Jackie Salmans said she supports the use of medical marijuana by patients who suffer from serious diseases and medical conditions, including cancer and seizure disorders. (Photo: Joe Williams/Tribune)Buy PhotoCOSHOCTON – The owner of one Ohio company said she intends to apply for a license to grow medical marijuana in Coshocton, following action by Coshocton City Council this week.

State prepares for new medical marijuana companies

Those five companies had been runners-up in the original medical marijuana license application process in 2015, scoring sixth through 10th out of 43 applicants. ALBANY — The state Department of Health has given conditional approval to five companies seeking new licenses to grow, produce and sell medical marijuana products, with plans to dole out full registrations later this month if those companies meet certain requirements. Still, DOH disclosed earlier this year that only half of the patients certified to use medical marijuana at that time were repeat customers. As the legal back-and-forth continues and the state takes more steps toward licensing new operators, there are slightly more than 20,000 patients certified to use medical marijuana products. In an affidavit included with court papers filed in state Supreme Court in Albany late last week, Nicole Quackenbush, director of the state's medical marijuana program, wrote that DOH had on May 25 conditionally registered five companies it had been considering for new licenses.


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