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“New York State's Medical Marijuana Program is scheduled to launch on January 7, 2016, just 18 months after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed the Compassionate Care Act,” Health Department spokesman James Plastiras said in an email to reporters late Monday afternoon.
“More information and details on the program will be released shortly,” Plastiras added.
Columbia Care, one of five companies licensed to grow marijuana in New York, announced Monday that its Union Square dispensary plans to open Thursday.
Other dispensaries planned for Murray Hill, the Bronx and Queens are expected to open sometime later in the month.
While state officials had previously indicated the medical marijuana program would launch in January, they had not provided an exact date or released any information on the...
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