Rochester's medical marijuana dispensary opens

The clusters of chairs and small tables in the waiting area bring to mind a hotel lobby. The counters and islands in the pharmacy make the well-lit, airy space look more like the interior of a high-end jewelry store than a place to buy medication.

When and how many patients will be buzzed into the interior of the Columbia Care of New York at Eastman Business Park and make their own analogy is anybody’s guess — including the head of the company.

“Just to give you a little background, we managed the first dispensary that opened in the Washington, D.C.,” Columbia Care chief executive officer Nicholas Vita said Thursday morning. “We were open for a month before we saw our first patient. That’s not unexpected.”

The Rochester dispensary, the third of Columbia Care’s four in the state, officially opened in Building 28, (Theatre on the Ridge) by appointment only on Thursday...

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