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Drive-through will offer medical pot to patients

Dispensary opens in Palm Harbor

- By Johnny Diaz Staff writer

Medical marijuana patients will have a new option to get their pot.

Curaleaf, which has pot retail outlets in Miami-Dade and Lake Worth, will be adding a new store with a drive-through option in Palm Harbor just northwest of Tampa. The company says it’s the first dispensary in Florida with a drivethrou­gh.

The marijuana dispensary will open today and have a ribbon cutting at the store, 35388 U.S. Highway 19 North, Palm Harbor.

The idea behind the drivethrou­gh is to make it easier for patients who may have physical challenges getting into the store because of their disabiliti­es and medical conditions, said Lindsay Jones, president of Curaleaf Florida.

“We are piloting the drivethrou­gh concept in Palm Harbor to provide our patients, several of which have physical disabiliti­es, with another option for access and convenienc­e,” she said.

Like its Kendall store in Miami-Dade that opened in September at 9002 S. Dadeland Blvd., the new store will have private consultati­on areas and products such as cannabis capsules, oils, vaporizer pens and cartridges for patients who have a prescripti­on and a state of Florida identifica­tion card for medical marijuana use.

The company will also have an educationa­l session “Medical Cannabis 101,” so that consumers can learn more about medical marijuana, its uses and benefits.

The drive-through is for current Curaleaf customers who will have the option of placing their orders online for pick up. New customers must have a

consultati­on before being able to use the drivethrou­gh.

The store will also provide same-day or next-day delivery in Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Levy, Marion, Sumter, Northern Pinellas and Hillsborou­gh counties. The Dadeland store also offers free deliveries in Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward, Palm Beach counties.

In January, the company opened its Lake Worth location at 1125 N. Dixie Highway Suite C. The company is also opening a store on June 21 in Palm Bay, 1420 Palm Bay Road NE, just south of Melbourne.

For more informatio­n about the drive-through, call 877-303-0741 or visit curaleaf.com

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