The Pennsylvania Department of Health has released information on the issuance of 12 permits for medical marijuana growers/processors in the state. The permittees will now have six months in which to become operational before they can begin growing medical marijuana. Entities receiving permits were notified by mail.
“With today’s announcement, we remain on track to fulfil the Wolf Administration’s commitment to deliver medical marijuana to patients in 2018,” said John Collins, Director of the Office of Medical Marijuana. “The applications from the entities receiving permits were objectively reviewed by an evaluation team made up of members from across commonwealth agencies. Any letters of recommendation or support for an applicant were not considered during the evaluation.”
The 12 permits were issued to:
Southeast Region
Prime Wellness of Pennsylvania, LLC
Franklin Labs, LLC
Northeast Region
Pennsylvania Medical Solutions, LLC
Standard Farms, LLC
Southcentral Region
Ilera Healthcare, LLC
AES Compassionate Care, LLC
Northcentral Region
Terrapin Investment Fund 1, LLC
GTI Pennsylvania, LLC
Southwest Region
AGRiMED Industries of PA, LLC
PurePenn, LLC
Northwest Region
Holistic Farms, LLC
Cresco Yeltrah, LLC
Scores for all grower/processor applicants will be available on the Department of Health website at www.health.pa.gov.
“The next step for the permit holders will be to ramp up their operations so they can prepare to grow medical marijuana,” Collins said. “Our teams will perform a series of site inspections before the locations can be certified as operational. Once that happens, the permittees will be able to begin growing and processing medical marijuana.”
The Office of Medical Marijuana received 457 total applications: 177 for growers/processors; and 280 for dispensaries.