Katelyn Baker
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Medical marijuana home delivery is coming to Westchester County.
Vireo Health of New York, a medical marijuana company with a dispensary in downtown White Plains, has announced it is launching the first home delivery program in New York.
The cannabis-based drugs will be packed into the company's vehicles and driven to homebound patients with serious illnesses like cancer in Westchester, New York City and Long Island.
State regulators approved the plan that includes having the delivery vehicles tracked by global positioning system devices and other safety precautions, such as requiring at least two Vireo employees to handle deliveries, the company said.
"New Yorkers have increasingly come to expect home delivery and we plan on leveraging 'last mile' supply chain technologies to meet and exceed patient expectations," said Ari Hoffnung, chief executive of Vireo Health of New York.
Details about pricing and eligibility are expected before the "from our greenhouse to your front door" home delivery program kicks off within the next three months.
Initially, deliveries will cover an eight-county zone, including all five New York City boroughs, Long Island and Westchester.
Vireo Health of New York is one of five companies licensed to grow and sell medical marijuana in New York. The companies started selling the cannabis-based oils, tinctures and other non-smokeable products last year out of 20 dispensary sites, including one on East Post Road in White Plains.
The home delivery is part of the state Department of Health's mounting efforts to expand access to medical marijuana, which had 12,247 patients as of Monday. That is out of a potential statewide patient pool of more than 200,000 based on the list of eligible illnesses.
State regulators announced plans in December to add chronic pain as an illness eligible for medical marijuana. The other 10 qualifying conditions are cancer, HIV infection or AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathies, and Huntington's disease.
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Full Article: Marijuana Home Delivery Coming To Westchester
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Vireo Health of New York, a medical marijuana company with a dispensary in downtown White Plains, has announced it is launching the first home delivery program in New York.
The cannabis-based drugs will be packed into the company's vehicles and driven to homebound patients with serious illnesses like cancer in Westchester, New York City and Long Island.
State regulators approved the plan that includes having the delivery vehicles tracked by global positioning system devices and other safety precautions, such as requiring at least two Vireo employees to handle deliveries, the company said.
"New Yorkers have increasingly come to expect home delivery and we plan on leveraging 'last mile' supply chain technologies to meet and exceed patient expectations," said Ari Hoffnung, chief executive of Vireo Health of New York.
Details about pricing and eligibility are expected before the "from our greenhouse to your front door" home delivery program kicks off within the next three months.
Initially, deliveries will cover an eight-county zone, including all five New York City boroughs, Long Island and Westchester.
Vireo Health of New York is one of five companies licensed to grow and sell medical marijuana in New York. The companies started selling the cannabis-based oils, tinctures and other non-smokeable products last year out of 20 dispensary sites, including one on East Post Road in White Plains.
The home delivery is part of the state Department of Health's mounting efforts to expand access to medical marijuana, which had 12,247 patients as of Monday. That is out of a potential statewide patient pool of more than 200,000 based on the list of eligible illnesses.
State regulators announced plans in December to add chronic pain as an illness eligible for medical marijuana. The other 10 qualifying conditions are cancer, HIV infection or AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathies, and Huntington's disease.
News Moderator: Katelyn Baker 420 MAGAZINE ®
Full Article: Marijuana Home Delivery Coming To Westchester
Author: David Robinson
Contact: 914-694-9300
Photo Credit: Peter Carr
Website: The Journal News
