More than five years after New Jersey legalized medical marijuana, the state’s fourth dispensary is finally ready to launch.
Compassionate Science Alternative Treatment Center plans to open in the town of Bellmawr next month, according to an announcement by the state’s health department.
It will join three other dispensaries in the state, the last of which opened in late 2013.
The dispensary will eventually be able to accommodate up to 3,000 patients, the newspaper reported.
Compassion Science is also reportedly hoping to land one of the new dispensary licenses Connecticut plans to award and is eyeing other markets for expansion as well.
After New Jersey legalized medical marijuana in 2010, the state’s health department decided the following year that it would allow two dispensaries each in southern, central and northern New Jersey.
Two dispensaries – Breakwater Alternative Treatment Center and Foundational Harmony – are still looking for locations.
New Jersey’s program now has 5,500 registered patients and caregivers who are allowed to buy medical marijuana, according to NJ.com.
