Marijuana dispensary hopes to open by end of year

As Deerfield gets closer to having a medical marijuana dispensary at 151 Pfingsten Road, the biggest certainty may be a lot of uncertainty about a very new and highly regulated business.

Under regulations created by the Illinois General Assembly, all the marijuana sold must be grown and packaged by licensed Illinois growers, it cannot be used at the facility or going to and from the dispensary, and dispensary personnel may not handle the product itself, only the packages.

"This is highly, highly regulated by four different state departments," said Greenhouse Group CEO Mitch Kahn, a Deerfield resident. "Everything we do is regulated by one agency or another."

Greenhouse hopes to begin selling its products by the fourth quarter of the year and tentatively plans to be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, according to Kahn.

Greenhouse Group still...

Rate this article: 

This marijuana news is brought to you by 420 Intel. For the latest breaking cannabis industry news, subscribe to the 420 Intel newsletter. If you'd like to promote your product or service in this area after every article, contact us.


URL: 
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/news/ct-dfr-medical-marijuana-tl-0604-20150530-story.html