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Pot Shop Decisions Due This Week
The state is expected to winnow its list of more than 100 applicants to as many as 35 licensed medical marijuana operations.
The state is expected to approve as many as 35 medical marijuana dispensaries by the end of the week, according to the Associated Press via the Herald.
About 100 groups have applied to the Department of Public Health for the licenses to open medical pot shops around the state.
The licenses are being awarded by county, with at least one and no more than five per county.
Martha's Vineyard is in Dukes County, which has the following applicants:
Group Name, Name of CEO/ED, City or Town
Greenleaf MV Compassion Care Inc., Susan Sanford, West Tisbury
Kingsbury Group Inc., Susan Wysocki, Vineyard Haven (Tisbury)
MV GreenCross Inc., Michael Peters, Tisbury
Patient Centric of Martha's Vineyard, Ltd., Geoffrey Rose, West Tisbury
For official information on medical pot in Massachusetts, visit the state's website on the subject.
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