West Virginia Opens First Medical Hashish Dispensary – CBS Pittsburgh

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s first medical hashish dispensary opened Friday, greater than 4 years after state lawmakers allowed a regulatory system for these merchandise to be established.

Trulieve Hashish Corp. debuted a retail location in Morgantown with a second store opening in Weston subsequent Monday.

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“We’re thrilled to be first to market in West Virginia and to proceed constructing the inspiration for the West Virginia’s rising medical hashish market,” Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers stated in an announcement.

She stated the corporate’s objective is to “bolster native economies by creating sustainable jobs and investing in marginalized communities.”

The 2017 state legislation permits for medical hashish use in capsules, oils, topical gels, liquids, dermal patches and a kind that may be vaporized.

With a purpose to entry and purchase merchandise from a dispensary, residents should have a West Virginia medical marijuana card. Residents with critical medical circumstances can register for the cardboard at http://www.medcanwv.org.

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Rivers stated the corporate plans to open 9 dispensaries throughout the state, The Dominion Submit reported.

Greater than 200 individuals have been lined up exterior of the Morgantown location on Friday morning.

Sabrina Howland of Hurricane stated she developed extreme nerve ache about six years in the past and signed as much as obtain her medical hashish card in February. She stated she typically has hassle strolling and needed to stop her job and cease driving.

“I made a decision to return up right here as a result of it’s authorized now,” she stated. “It would assist me. I would like it.”

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