“Having more dispensary locations throughout the state is vital for patient access and affordability.”
By Anna Barrett, Alabama Reflector
Alabama’s second medical cannabis dispensary opened Friday in Talladega about three months after the first storefront opened in Montgomery.
The dispensary is the second location of Callie’s Apothecary, the first medical cannabis dispensary to open in the state.
Once the the first round of licensees get up and running, there will be 12 dispensaries across the state between four companies.
“The opening of medical cannabis dispensaries is a milestone for Alabama’s medical cannabis program,” said Sam Blakemore, chair of the Alabama Medical Cannabis Commission (AMCC), in a statement. “Having more dispensary locations throughout the state is vital for patient access and affordability.”
Vince Schilleci, owner of Callie’s Apothecary, said in a phone interview Thursday that the Talledega location will ease the travel burden for patients in the northern half of the state until more dispensaries open.
“Hopefully it’ll help patients that have been on the fence of whether or not they wanted to try this, but didn’t want to drive to Montgomery. Perhaps it’s a little bit closer for them now,” he said. “We’re just happy to now have multiple locations
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