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New medical cannabis dispensary licensed to operate in Natchez – Mississippi’s Best Community Newspaper
New medical hashish dispensary licensed to function in Natchez
Revealed 6:00 am Friday, January 20, 2023
NATCHEZ — One other new medical hashish dispensary intends to open in Natchez.
Since Mississippi lawmakers accepted the medical hashish act in January 2022, greater than 160 dispensaries obtained provisional licenses to arrange store in our state, together with 4 in Adams County, in response to the Mississippi State Division of Well being’s accepted dispensary checklist.
Star Buds, based in Denver, Colorado, in 2013, now has two areas in Oxford and just lately introduced one coming quickly to 135 U.S. 61 South, Suite 1.
“We’re in Natchez beginning the buildout part,” mentioned Doug Stout, operations supervisor with Mississippi Well being Consultants and spokesperson for Star Buds. “We obtained our license and anticipate a 60-day timeframe to stand up and working.”
Stout mentioned Star Buds would offer affected person consultations and a full vary of medical hashish merchandise, from the hashish flower, concentrates, topicals, and edibles to equipment.
Star Buds has different areas in Maryland, Colorado, Illinois, Oklahoma, Missouri, South Dakota, and Jamaica, Stout mentioned, including all Mississippi areas are domestically owned and operated.
“All merchandise are grown throughout the state of Mississippi,” he mentioned. “We are going to do the whole lot in our energy to make the most of native cultivation. Our objective is to offer the best high quality for the perfect value. … I’ve a enterprise companion in Natchez and we’re hiring and bringing at the least three to 5 new jobs inside this one dispensary.
“We put a lot effort into being good patrons or stewards inside our neighborhood as we do with working our enterprise, whether or not it’s within the soup kitchen, at meals banks or within the streets choosing up trash. We attempt to be your native neighborhood medical dispensary. … Star Buds is our nationwide model, however we’re one hundred pc Mississippi-owned right here.”
For extra info on Star Buds, go to www.starbuds.us.