{"id":6401,"date":"2018-02-18T09:49:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T14:49:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2019-08-08T12:41:02","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:41:02","slug":"first-medical-marijuana-dispensary-opens-cumberland-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6401","title":{"rendered":"First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Cumberland County"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"asset-masthead \">\n<header class=\"asset-header\">\n<h3 class=\"headline\">First medical marijuana dispensary opens in Cumberland County<\/h3>\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<ul class=\"list-inline\">\n<li>Joshua Vaughn The Sentinel<\/li>\n<li><time class=\"asset-date text-muted\" datetime=\"2018-02-17T14:30:00-05:00\">Feb 17, 2018\u00a0<\/time><span class=\"text-muted\">Updated\u00a0<\/span><time class=\"asset-date text-muted\" datetime=\"2018-02-18T22:03:26-05:00\">Feb 18, 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Tom Wolf signed the program into law.<\/p>\n<p>Organic Remedies, located in the 4400 block of Valley Road in Hampden Township, had a waiting room full of patients Friday afternoon. It is one of two dispensary locations approved in Cumberland County.<\/p>\n<p>KW Ventures Holdings LLC, operating under the name Firefly Dispensaries, was issued a permit to operate a dispensary in the 800 block of Harrisburg Pike in North Middleton Township. An opening date for that location has not been announced yet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tnt-ads-container text-center hidden-xs \">Locally, dispensary permits have been approved for locations in Dauphin, Franklin and Adams counties, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.<\/div>\n<p>Patients seeking medical marijuana must first be seen by an approved doctor and receive authorization that they are suffering from one of 17 qualifying medical conditions. There are currently about 50 doctors in the area who have been approved by the state, including nearly a dozen in Cumberland County.<\/p>\n<p>Loose leaf marijuana, commonly used for smoking, is banned under Pennsylvania\u2019s medical marijuana law. Medical marijuana may only be prescribed in pill, oil, topical, tincture (liquid extract) and liquid form or any form \u201cmedically appropriate for use in a vaporizer or nebulizer\u201d other than dry leaf.<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana, including medical marijuana, remains illegal under federal law, meaning it dispensaries cannot be reimbursed by Medicare or Medicaid. Pennsylvania\u2019s law also does not require private insurers to cover medical marijuana. This can lead to many transactions being done in cash.<\/p>\n<p>Only patients with a valid medical marijuana identification card are allowed to enter the dispensary. A large painted stop sign next to a locked interior door alerts anyone enter of the rules.<\/p>\n<p>A family member of one of the patients inside the dispensary Friday afternoon approached the door to speak to the patient before heading back to her car to wait. 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