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Company in Running for License to Dispense Medical Marijuana in NY Wants to Open Brooklyn Facility

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 07/30/2015 - 12:32

A medical marijuana dispensary is one step closer to setting up in Brooklyn after a community board Wednesday approved its location as the state gets ready to announce which companies will be given licenses. NY1's Jeanine Ramirez filed the following report.

Located under the Gowanus Expressway in Sunset Park, a vacant building that used to house batting cages may soon grow into a new business: a medical marijuana dispensary. A cannabis company called Mindful Medical leased the site, hoping to be one of just five to get a vendor license from New York State.

"With 20 dispensaries throughout the state and a potential population of 200,000 who have to buy their medication on a monthly basis, you can start to understand that this, again, will be a destination," said Erik Williams, public affairs director with Mindful Medical.

The state passed the medical marijuana law last summer. Forty-three applicants are vying to...

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