4th-Generation Ruskin Farmers Now Cultivating Medical Marijuana

APOLLO BEACH, FL -- AltMed Florida has announced the opening of the first of 25 MÜV™ dispensary locations at 5909 N. U.S. 41, Apollo Beach.

Based in Sarasota, Alternative Medical Enterprises LLC, doing business as AltMed Enterprises, develops, produces and dispenses medical cannabinoids. It is a division of Plants of Ruskin founders and fourth-generation Ruskin farmers, the Dickman family, who made their name growing Ruskin's famous tomatoes.

The new dispensary is strategically located to serve the Hillsborough, Pinellas and Manatee county markets.

“Our first Florida dispensary opening represents a significant milestone for our company and Florida patients,” said AltMed Florida CEO John Tipton. “Our MÜV Medical Cannabis line of products already has a wide following in other legal medical cannabis markets, including Arizona, where it has won Five Best of Arizona medical cannabis awards.”

MÜV Products offer a variety of delivery options, including several that are unique among current Florida license holders with its patent-pending transdermal gels and metered dose inhalers. Products will come high in CBD or THC as well as CBD/THC balanced formulations. Product categories will include topicals (gels and creams), transdermal patches, metered dose inhalers, distillate vaporizer pens (without any cutting agents), all-natural terpene enriched vaporizer pens, strain specific vaporizer pens, oral sprays, tinctures and an Activated Metered click distillate syringe.

MÜV Products will be sold exclusively in Florida at MÜV dispensaries because, unlike other states, Florida does not allow wholesale of product between license holders - only products that license holders make themselves can be sold in their dispensaries.

“The MÜV retail experience speaks to the role of medical cannabis products in the modern healthcare marketplace,” said AltMed marketing director Todd Beckwith. “We learned that MÜV customers in other legal medical cannabis states are more apt to take an active role in their healthcare than with traditional medicine. They want to understand the products and the research behind the products, so we have created a layered and informative retail experience.”

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CEO John Tipton

Images of the on-site cultivation facility