New York City Mediweed Store Locations Announced

The patient must then access DOH’s online Patient Registration System to apply for a registry identification card. Almost 150 doctors from across the State have already registered for the program and can certify their patients, if clinically appropriate for their qualifying condition consistent with the DOH’s guidance and regulations.

In Vita’s statement, he said the pharmacy in New York City is expected to open in early January, the ones in Plattsburgh and Rochester are expected to open in the middle of the month, and the one in Riverhead, Suffolk County, will open later in the month.

Phoenix Botanicals dispensary, which will be operated by Phoenix Farms, is now under construction at 1704 S. Neil St. and should have an exact opening day scheduled within a week or so, according to Medical Cannabis Outreach, a company hired by Phoenix Farms to register patients and educate people in the area, per The News-Gazette. Cannabis Now reported that a poll of 500 doctors this summer only found one planning to participate because of concerns about the conflicting legal status between federal and state laws about pot’s legality. The list of 10 approved ailments includes cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, HIV or AIDS, epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, spinal cord injury with spasticity, neuropathy and Huntington’s disease. (There is reportedly a means for someone to claim a financial hardship.) This part of the process just began late last month. Only five companies were approved to produce and sell the medical marijuana in NY.

Columbia Care will not have its Rochester dispensary at Eastman Business Park open in time for Thursday’s launch of New York’s medical marijuana program.

The state gave licenses for the program to five companies. According to the State health officials, the program is all set to launch in January as planned. The majority of the medical marijuana recommendations will need to come from professionals like infectious disease doctors, oncologists, and neurologists, not those who see patients on a daily basis for common ailments.