Potheads rejoice: a pot dispensary might soon be coming to New York City.
PalliaTech, a Long Island-based medical-marijuana company, has signed a lease in Downtown Brooklyn for a pot dispensary that hopes to open in January 2016.
According to Crain's New York Business, the space is 3,000 square feet and located on the second-floor of 425 Fulton Street, between Pearl and Jay Street.
Last summer, Governor Cuomo began a program in which five state-chosen companies can administer medical marijuana.
PalliaTech is fighting for its place to do so in New York, and whether or not it does lies in the hands of the New York Department of Health. Decisions about which companies earn a spot in the program will be revealed next month.
Perhaps potheads actually shouldn't rejoice too soon. Unlike the mall food court, the Brooklyn dispensary won't offer weed samples.
According to PalliaTech's executive vice president Andrei Bogolubov, "It’s going to look like a super-modern pharmacy... And the clientele will be people registered in the program... there isn’t going to be any walk-in traffic."
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[via Crain's New York]

