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Medical Marijuana Dispensary To Open In Devon
Breaking: A Devon business has been granted a medical marijuana dispensary permit.

DEVON, PA — A Devon business has been granted a medical marijuana dispensary permit. The local permit was issued Thursday to Chamounix Ventures, LLC operating as Keystone Dispensary.
It was one of 27 permits granted by the state Department of Health on Thursday. The permittees will now have six months to become operational before they can begin dispensing medical marijuana, according to officials.
Last week, the state issued the first permits to companies for growing and processing medical marijuana. A total of 12 permits were issued to companies across the state that will grow marijuana and process it into pill and oil forms.
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Officials say so far it has been a "highly competitive process" with the Department of Health receiving hundreds of applications.
“Once this program is fully operational, patients with serious medical conditions will have locations throughout the commonwealth where they can purchase medication to help in their treatment. We remain on track to provide medication to patients in 2018," said John Collins, director of the state's Office of Medical Marijuana.
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The 10 Southeastern Pennsylvania region dispensary permits were issued to:
BERKS COUNTY
SMPB Retail, LLC, Reading
BUCKS COUNTY
Franklin Bioscience-Penn, LLC, Bristol
CHESTER COUNTY
Chamounix Ventures, LLC, Devon
DELAWARE COUNTY
AES Compassionate Care, LLC, Upper Darby
LANCASTER COUNTY
BAY, LLC, Lancaster
MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Ilera Healthcare, LLC, Plymouth Meeting
TerraVida Holistic Centers, LLC, Abington
PHILADELPHIA
PharmaCann Penn, LLC
Restore Integrative Wellness Center, LLC
Holistic Pharma, LLC
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