Billed as the first in Georgia, Trulieve opens medical marijuana dispensary in Macon
Trulieve Georgia is expected to start receiving its first legal medical marijuana patients in Georgia at its Macon dispensary Friday.
The Georgia Access to Medical Cannabis Commission, which oversees the program, granted the first five dispensing licenses in the state on Wednesday to Trulieve Georgia and Botanical Sciences.
Trulieve’s Macon facility at 3556 Riverside Drive, which is expected to open at 10 a.m., was among them.
“Obviously, we’re very, very excited,” said Trulieve’s CEO and founder Kim Rivers. “We also feel a tremendous amount of responsibility to the folks in Georgia who have been waiting for so long to get this medicine.
“It’s an honor to be the company that will be providing the product,” Rivers continued. “We need to live up to their expectations, and we do that through continuing to focus on high quality and great customer service, providing a welcoming environment ... and going on this journey.”
Trulieve’s Macon dispensary initially will dispense the medical marijuana via tinctures, capsules, topical creams and lozenges, Rivers said.
The Macon dispensary will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily.
The next Trulieve dispensary in Georgia also is expected to open Friday at 220 Cobb Parkway North in Marietta, the company later announced Thursday.
The company expects to open additional dispensaries this year at:
4238 Armour Road in Columbus
1690 E Hwy 34 in Newnan
2002 Pooler Parkway in Pooler.
The locations reflect the company’s commitment to provide access to medical marijuana patients in rural areas in Georgia, Rivers said.
All the cannabis products dispensed at the company’s Georgia dispensaries come from Trulieve’s indoor production facility in Adel in south Georgia, Rivers said.
The state’s approval of the dispensing licenses was heralded as a milestone because it means that patients on the Georgia Department of Public Health’s Low-THC Oil Patient Registry finally have legal access to medical cannabis.
“We appreciate the support and patience for the work of the Commission as we worked through the process required by law to ensure safe and quality access to medical cannabis,” Sid Johnson, the commission’s chairman, said in a news release.
Trulieve operates 180 stores across the county, with its major markets in Arizona, Florida and Pennsylvania.
