Jacob Redmond
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Don't expect neon lights and glass jars brimming with cannabis buds when Bloomfield Industries opens one of Central New York's first medical marijuana dispensaries in Salina next month.
The 2,500-square-foot dispensary, which the company refers to as a "patient resource center," will look like a doctor's office. The Staten Island-based company is renovating space for the dispensary at 1304 Buckley Road, a medical office building near 7th North Street.
It is one of three dispensaries preparing to open in the Syracuse area.
While the dispensaries gear up to open, it's unclear if the state will be ready to launch New York's new medical marijuana program next month as promised. Patients cannot get medical marijuana unless they register with the state and get an ID card. In order to get a card, patients must first be certified by a doctor treating them for their serious condition. But doctors cannot certify patients unless they have completed a four-hour training course. The state has not yet released a list of approved doctors or announced when the patient certification process will begin.
Bloomfield's three other dispensaries in Buffalo, Manhattan and Long Island also are in medical buildings. That is so customers will blend in with other patients visiting the building, said Colette Bellefleur, Bloomfield's chief operating officer.
"That's the experience we want our patients to have," she said. "So they are not walking into some retail location, but are going somewhere where they feel comfortable."
At Bloomfield's Salina dispensary, there will be a waiting room for patients and their caregivers, and private areas where patients can consult with pharmacists and staff.
Security will be tight. Two security officers will be on duty during regular business hours. Only certified patients and their caregivers will be allowed inside. The dispensary will be equipped with surveillance cameras, alarms and other security features mandated by the state.
When fully operational, the dispensary will have 20 to 25 employees.
The facility is expected to open the first week in January.
Etain LLC, a women-owned business in Westchester County, will open a dispensary at 2140 Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse by mid-January. PharmaCann LLC is expected to open one in a strip shopping center at 642 Old Liverpool Road in Salina. PharmaCann did not return phone messages. But Mark Nicotra, Salina town supervisor, said construction on PharmaCann's dispensary is underway.
The three businesses opening dispensaries in the Syracuse area among the five companies awarded licenses by the state last summer to grow and sell medical pot in New York. Under the state's restrictive medical marijuana program, only the sickest patients will be able to get the drug. It will be available to people with these 10 conditions: HIV or AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury with spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathy, and Huntington's disease.
Under state law, dispensaries cannot sell dried marijuana plants that can smoked. The drug will only be available in forms such as pills and liquids that can be taken orally or oils that can be vaporized.
Etain LLC started construction work Tuesday on its dispensary in an existing building on Erie Boulevard. Its grows medical marijuana in greenhouses in Warren County.
"We have final products ready for testing," said Hillary Peckham, the company's chief operating officer.
Etain will sell medical marijuana in capsules, an oral spray, a vaporizing pen and a dropper bottle.
Bloomfield grows its marijuana in a warehouse in Queens.
The company is slowly ramping up production, Bellefleur said. The company will have a limited amount of medical marijuana available when its Salina dispensary opens. "It's not going to be like Rite Aid with shelves filled with hundreds of bottles," she said.
Bloomfield will provide medical marijuana as an oil and syrup that can be taken orally, in a form that can be vaporized and in an inhaler spray product. The company is waiting for the state to approve its proposed prices for the products.
"We're working hard to get patients the medicine they've been waiting for forever," Bellefleur said.
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The 2,500-square-foot dispensary, which the company refers to as a "patient resource center," will look like a doctor's office. The Staten Island-based company is renovating space for the dispensary at 1304 Buckley Road, a medical office building near 7th North Street.
It is one of three dispensaries preparing to open in the Syracuse area.
While the dispensaries gear up to open, it's unclear if the state will be ready to launch New York's new medical marijuana program next month as promised. Patients cannot get medical marijuana unless they register with the state and get an ID card. In order to get a card, patients must first be certified by a doctor treating them for their serious condition. But doctors cannot certify patients unless they have completed a four-hour training course. The state has not yet released a list of approved doctors or announced when the patient certification process will begin.
Bloomfield's three other dispensaries in Buffalo, Manhattan and Long Island also are in medical buildings. That is so customers will blend in with other patients visiting the building, said Colette Bellefleur, Bloomfield's chief operating officer.
"That's the experience we want our patients to have," she said. "So they are not walking into some retail location, but are going somewhere where they feel comfortable."
At Bloomfield's Salina dispensary, there will be a waiting room for patients and their caregivers, and private areas where patients can consult with pharmacists and staff.
Security will be tight. Two security officers will be on duty during regular business hours. Only certified patients and their caregivers will be allowed inside. The dispensary will be equipped with surveillance cameras, alarms and other security features mandated by the state.
When fully operational, the dispensary will have 20 to 25 employees.
The facility is expected to open the first week in January.
Etain LLC, a women-owned business in Westchester County, will open a dispensary at 2140 Erie Boulevard East in Syracuse by mid-January. PharmaCann LLC is expected to open one in a strip shopping center at 642 Old Liverpool Road in Salina. PharmaCann did not return phone messages. But Mark Nicotra, Salina town supervisor, said construction on PharmaCann's dispensary is underway.
The three businesses opening dispensaries in the Syracuse area among the five companies awarded licenses by the state last summer to grow and sell medical pot in New York. Under the state's restrictive medical marijuana program, only the sickest patients will be able to get the drug. It will be available to people with these 10 conditions: HIV or AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury with spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathy, and Huntington's disease.
Under state law, dispensaries cannot sell dried marijuana plants that can smoked. The drug will only be available in forms such as pills and liquids that can be taken orally or oils that can be vaporized.
Etain LLC started construction work Tuesday on its dispensary in an existing building on Erie Boulevard. Its grows medical marijuana in greenhouses in Warren County.
"We have final products ready for testing," said Hillary Peckham, the company's chief operating officer.
Etain will sell medical marijuana in capsules, an oral spray, a vaporizing pen and a dropper bottle.
Bloomfield grows its marijuana in a warehouse in Queens.
The company is slowly ramping up production, Bellefleur said. The company will have a limited amount of medical marijuana available when its Salina dispensary opens. "It's not going to be like Rite Aid with shelves filled with hundreds of bottles," she said.
Bloomfield will provide medical marijuana as an oil and syrup that can be taken orally, in a form that can be vaporized and in an inhaler spray product. The company is waiting for the state to approve its proposed prices for the products.
"We're working hard to get patients the medicine they've been waiting for forever," Bellefleur said.
News Moderator: Jacob Redmond 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: City's First Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Almost Ready To Open
Author: James T. Mulder
Contact: Email The Author
Photo Credit: Syracuse News
Website: Syracuse News
