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CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Bureau for Public Health, Office of Medical Cannabis announced the successful applicants for medical cannabis dispensary permits, including in the Ohio Valley.
Recipients of these permits will be allowed to operate retail locations within West Virginia for certified patients.
Among those approved for local dispensary operations are The Healing Center WV, LLC; Mountaineer Releaf, LLC; and ECS Partners, LLC. All three companies are planning for locations in Weirton.
Additionally, the OMC announced that eligible West Virginia residents with serious medical conditions can register to receive medical cannabis beginning at noon Wednesday, at www.medcanwv.org.
Registration does not mean that medical cannabis products can immediately be obtained. The industry is working to build out facilities in West Virginia and the patient card is valid only in West Virginia and offers no legal protections for products obtained outside the West Virginia medical cannabis system.
All patients must register through this link as there is no paper option.
"Even during this pandemic, the Office of Medical Cannabis has been working hard to advance the program and to achieve these steps to ensure that medical cannabis is made available to West Virginia residents with serious medical conditions," said Jason Frame, director of the OMC.
The West Virginia Medical Cannabis Act permits West Virginia residents with serious medical conditions to procure medical cannabis for certified medical use in the following forms: Pill; oil; topical forms including gels, creams or ointments; a form medically appropriate for administration by vaporization or nebulization, dry leaf or plant form; tincture; liquid; or dermal patch.
The Healing Center also plans locations in Fairmont, Westover, Triadelphia and Parkersburg, while Mountaineer Releaf has been approved for additional locations in Huntington, Ravenswood, Morgantown and Beckley.
Verano WV LLC has been approved for a medical cannabis dispensary in Wheeling.
The list of physicians registered to certify patients with a serious medical condition as eligible for the use of medical cannabis also is available at www.medcanwv.org.