Park City Councilor Tim Henney, in the green coat, stands next to the pharmacist for a soon-to-open cannabis pharmacy and the official in charge of the state cannabis program on Wednesday morning. Officials say the pharmacy plans to open in February.
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The dignitaries on hand to enjoy the croissants, coffee and breakfast burritos at a ribbon cutting ceremony for Park City’s cannabis pharmacy Wednesday included the head of the state’s medical cannabis program, a Park City councilor, the site’s pharmacist and multiple patient advocates.
The pharmacy is slated to open next month in a basement suite of a strip of businesses on Kearns Boulevard, a nondescript location the pharmacy’s owners hope to beautify in coming weeks.
Deseret Wellness Stands for Patient Experience in Utah’s Medical Cannabis Market: The Starting Line
The company, which operates a pharmacy in Provo, will open its second retail location in Park City next month.
“What we stand for is patient experience, completely,” Sumerix tells
Cannabis Business Times and
Cannabis Dispensary. “Everything that we do is geared towards limiting wait times, expediting the process and making patients feel comfortable.”
Sumerix grew up in Utah before leaving to pursue a career. Prior to his role with Deseret Wellness, Sumerix worked for a multistate cannabis operator with a presence in New York, Florida, Illinois, Nevada and Arizona. After Utah voters approved medical cannabis in November 2018, Sumerix left that particular role to pursue a cannabis business in his home state, and his team were one of only four licensees awarded two retail locations by the state. The company’s first pharmacy opened Aug. 31 in Provo, and Deseret Wellness
Kansas Lawmakers Introduce Medical Cannabis Legalization Bill
Supporters say a regulated medical cannabis market may help boost the state’s economy.
Kansas lawmakers introduced a medical cannabis legalization bill Jan. 13 with the backing of the Kansas Cannabis Industry Association, according to a local KSNT report.
The bill’s supporters say that a regulated medical cannabis market may help boost the state’s economy, the news outlet reported, and they are confident the legislation has the support it needs in the legislature if it is called up for a vote.
“We don’t want to miss the economic benefits of that, but we also don’t want to miss the true benefits that have been discovered as other states have gotten into it, and that we’ve heard from people firsthand even here in Kansas that have used it in other states, and that’s the number one priority,” Kansas Cannabis Industry Association Executive Director Spencer Duncan told KSNT.
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Construction is nearly complete on the planned cannabis pharmacy in Park City, a spokesperson said, the basement suite “sheetrocked and taped” and ready for what he hopes will be an early February opening.
The pharmacy is set to open in the Emporium shopping center at 1351 Kearns Blvd., a low-slung strip of shops that also includes a dry cleaner. It will serve patients who have been prescribed cannabis by a certified medical professional and will not sell the drug for recreational use.
Deseret Wellness, the Pennsylvania- and New York-based LLC licensed to operate the pharmacy, originally eyed an opening date last fall, then pushed it to early this year, and construction delays have continued to set them back, the spokesperson said.