Opening Planned For 4th St. Pete Medical Marijuana Dispensary

ST. PETERSBURG, FL -- Liberty Health Sciences, a grower and distributor of pharmaceutical marijuana, will host a grand opening for its St. Petersburg Cannabis Education at 513 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. Thursday, May 17 at 5:30 p.m.

According to a press release distributed by Toronto-based Liberty Health Sciences, the new center offers patients “access to high-quality, clean and safe pharmaceutical-grade cannabis” along with tools, resources and one-on-one consultations geared to educating patients on using cannabis to treat symptoms.

In addition to the official ribbon-cutting ceremony, Louis Swartz, the Cannabis Education Center’s general manager, will talk about the center's services and there will be various educational workshop including a demonstration by Chef Joseph Galliano on how to cook with Liberty’s cannabis oils.

The St. Petersburg center is Liberty’s second education center in Florida.

“Liberty Health Sciences is proud to be part of the St. Petersburg community and to fulfill our promise to provide the area with our patient-centric approach to cannabis through unparalleled service and educational resources,” said George Scorsis, director and CEO of Liberty. “Our newest Cannabis Education Center, combined with the company’s recently announced delivery hub, will allow us to efficiently serve the greater St. Petersburg area and reach more and more patients from across the state.”

Liberty opened its first education center in January at The Villages in Sumter County. The company has received approval from the Florida Department of Health to open four other Florida facilities including one in South Tampa, 4306 S. Dale Mabry Highway, scheduled to open at the end of this month. The other three will be located in Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers and Port St. Lucie.

Additionally, in February, Liberty purchased a 387-acre parcel of land in Gainesville, previously owned by Alico Citrus Nursery LLC, which will become the home of the new Liberty 360° Innovation Campus featuring state-of-the-art greenhouses and processing facilities.

The opening of that facility “firmly establishes Liberty as one of the leading medical cannabis providers in Florida,” said Scorsis.

Liberty has added three new greenhouses to the facility, providing 11,000 square feet of production space and doubling the company’s production capabilities.

All Liberty’s CEC locations in Florida will offer a variety of products and brands such as Aphria, Mary’s Medicinals and Incredibles edibles. The cannabis will be sold in state-approved forms including vapes, oils, tinctures and capsules.

This is the fourth medical marijuana dispensary in St. Petersburg. The city is also home to Trulieve, 8435 4th St. N.; Medical Marijuana Treatment Centers of Florida, 222 2nd St. N.; and Green Health, 6527 Central Ave.

For more information, please visit the company's website.

Images via St. Petersburg Cannabis Education