NH: Medical marijuana moving forward, but it's a long, slow process

Three groups selected by the state to operate New Hampshire’s first medical marijuana dispensaries are still a long way from being open for business next year.

Although there is still more to come in what has been a lengthy approval process, the groups have at least preliminary clearance to move forward and work out the locations of the dispensaries and who will be working there.

“I think it’s most significant for the patients,” said Ted Rebholz, board president for Temescal Wellness Inc., one of the three winners announced by the state last week. “There are a lot of citizens of New Hampshire that have been waiting a long time for access to medical cannabis.”

Temescal, which lists its principal office at 645 Harvey Road in Manchester, learned late last month that it was approved to run dispensaries in two of the four regions selected by the state, but could not...

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