Ohio Cannabis Co. becomes Canton's fourth medical marijuana dispensary

CANTON − The city's fourth medical marijuana dispensary will open Wednesday.

The Green Goat Dispensary LLC, which does business as the Ohio Cannabis Co., is located at 4016 Greentree Ave. SW. The Ohio Board of Pharmacy regulates dispensaries in the Ohio Medical Marijuana Control Program and announced the site had received its state certificate of operation on July 20.

Brian Wingfield, who co-founded the Ohio Cannabis Co. with Cindy Bradford, said the dispensary has a drive-thru where customers will be able to pick up orders.

"We're just super excited to be opening up in the Canton location," he said. "There's a lot of patients that came from Canton down to the Coshocton location before, and so we're really excited to be able to see all of those patients again."

Their first dispensary was in Coshocton, which they later sold, and the Ohio Cannabis Co.'s other dispensaries are in Harpster and Piqua. They also offer drive-thru pickup.

This week involves a lot of staff training beyond the state Board of Pharmacy licensing. Wingfield said there's additional time spent learning skills, such as how to assist patients and track inventory.

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Medical cannabis products will include those from the company's processing facility in Coshocton. Wingfield didn't have an exact number of patients but said he expects Ohio Cannabis Co. will serve at least a quarter of the medical marijuana patients in Stark County.

"It comes down to: Can we do what we say we're going to do and treat patients well and make it a business that they choose to come to by doing a good job," he said.

Canton is also home to The Botanist, The Citizen and Zen Leaf dispensaries.

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