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Pennsylvania Grants 27 Medical Marijuana Dispensary Permits

Published on June 30, 2017 · Last updated January 5, 2023

Pennsylvania’s Department of Health announced the winners of 27 medical cannabis dispensary permits on Thursday. The licensees now have six months to become fully operational, with medical marijuana sales expected to begin in the state sometime next year.

“This has been a highly competitive process and the department received hundreds of quality applications,” John Collins, director of the state’s Office of Medical Marijuana, said in a statement. “Once this program is fully operational, patients with serious medical conditions will have locations throughout the commonwealth where they can purchase medication to help in their treatment. We remain on track to provide medication to patients in 2018.”

The state received 280 applications for dispensary licenses, which then were scored by a panel of subject-area experts. Companies that applied to get a dispensary license could apply for one main facility and up to two satellite dispensaries.

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Those in the Philadelphia area will initially have three dispensaries to choose from, although PhillyVoice reports that eventually a fourth will open, to be operated by Montgomery County permit holder TerraVida Holistic Centers.

In addition to the 27 dispensary permits, the state granted 12 grower licenses and selected MJ Freeway to implement the state’s electronic seed-to-sale tracking system.

Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act became effective on May 17, 2016, but has run into a number of delays. The program is expected to be fully up and running in early 2018.

Here’s the full list of dispensaries that were granted licenses:

Application ID #Business NameBusiness StatePrimary Dispensary Name
D‐6002GTI Pennsylvania, LLCILGTI Erie Dispensary
D‐6009Dubois Wellness Center LLCPADubois Wellness Center LLC
D‐5030Maitri Medicinals, LLCPAMaitri Medicinals ‐ Oakland
D‐5050Keystone Relief Centers, LLCPAKeystone Relief Centers‐ Squirrel Hill
D‐5016Cresco Yeltrah, LLCPAButler County Dispensary Facility
D‐5026The Healing Center LLCPAThe Healing Center
D‐5006Keystone Integrated Care, LLCPAKeystone Integrated Care, LLC
D‐4007PA Health & Wellness LLCPAPA Health & Wellness
D‐4012Keystone Center of Integrative Wellness, LLCPAKeystone Center of Integrative Wellness, LLC
D‐3016Lebanon Wellness Center LLCPALebanon Wellness Center LLC
D‐3023Organic Remedies, Inc.PAOrganic Remedies, Inc.
D‐3025KW Ventures Holdings LLCPAFirefly Dispensaries
D‐3029Cansortium Pennsylvania, LLCPAKnox Medical
D‐2006Mission Pennsylvania II, LLCAZMission Pennsylvania II, LLC
D‐2009Columbia Care Pennsylvania LLCPAColumbia Care Pennsylvania LLC – Keyser Dispensary
D‐2013Justice Grown Pennsylvania LLCPAJustice Grown
D‐2035GuadCo LLCNYKeystone Canna Remedies
D‐1050SMPB Retail, LLCAZHarvest of Reading
D‐1090Franklin Bioscience – Penn LLCPABristol Dispensary
D‐1067Chamounix Ventures, LLCPAKeystone Dispensaries
D‐1068AES Compassionate Care LLCILGrassroots Cannabis
D‐1069BAY, LLCPACure Pennsylvania
D‐1037Ilera Healthcare LLCPAIlera Healthcare
D‐1053TerraVida Holistic Centers LLCPATerraVida Holistic Centers
D‐1044PharmaCann Penn LLCILPharmaCannis LIFE
D‐1087Restore Integrative Wellness Center, LLCPARestore Integrative Wellness Center, LLC
D‐1034Holistic Pharma, LLCPAHolistic Pharma LLC

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Gage Peake is a former staff writer for Leafly, where he specialized in data journalism, sports, and breaking news coverage. He's a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
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