The First Medical Marijuana Dispensaries to Open Next Week

Fargo, ND (KEYZ)  North Dakota’s first medical marijuana dispensary is scheduled to open next week in Fargo, when Acreage Holdings  opens The Botanist on Thursday, Feb. 28, where it will sell medical marijuana produced by a Bismarck manufacturing facility.

Voters approved the drug in November 2016. The Health Department has been working on the system since lawmakers crafted rules in early 2017.

The state hopes to have dispensaries operating in North Dakota’s eight major cities including Williston by fall. The Health Department so far has issued 120 medical marijuana cards to patients and caregivers. Officials estimate as many as 4,000 residents will legally be using the drug by summer 2021.

It’s currently approved for 17 medical conditions, along with terminal illnesses. A bill in the Legislature would expand the list to 30 conditions.

Photo: Courtesy the Acreage