N.J.'s newest medicinal marijuana dispensary offers patients another option

BELLMAWR — Before Monday, Megan Asman used to have to take a whole day to get down to Egg Harbor in order to get medicinal marijuana.

"I'd have to find a baby sitter. It would take an hour to get there," She said. "You go in, wait around, and then it's another hour home. ... It wasn't working for me."

The 31-year-old Cherry Hill resident has been part of the state's medicinal marijuana program for about a year, and for about a year she had to make time for that long day.

However, Asman's trek turned into more of a quick errand Monday, which was the opening day for Compassionate Sciences Alternative Treatment Center, the first medical marijuana dispensary on the western side of South Jersey.

The dispensary told NJ Advance Media during a media tour last week that 40 patients were scheduled to make their first purchases...

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