Medical marijuana is growing in New York but it remains unclear just when patients will be able to obtain the drug.
State health officials insist the program is on track to open in January — the timeframe stipulated in the 2014 legislation that legalized medical marijuana in New York.
Five companies were chosen last summer to grow and distribute marijuana in New York. Each grower is allowed to operate up to four dispensaries.
Teddy Scott, co-chief executive officer of marijuana grower PharmaCann, said he does not expect his Bronx dispensary to open until late January but was not concerned about the program getting off to a slow start.
“Everybody is doing something exceptional,” Scott said. “It is not just us, it is all of the licensees and the state… You should see these systems and to put them in as quickly as we have, it is amazing.”
Source: Medical marijuana program launch remains unclear – NY Daily News
