Plans for P.E.I.'s First Medical Marijuana Dispensary to Open in Summerside
Dispensaries technically aren't legal according to Health Canada, but many police forces leave them alone
Craig Gaudet of Summerside, P.E.I., hopes to open the Island's first medical marijuana dispensary this April.Gaudet says he already supplies medical marijuana to people who have approval in P.E.I., but wants to make it easier for others to get medical marijuana at one central location.
He told CBC he's already picked out a location — on Water Street in Summerside. He's hoping to open in April.
"I really want to help more people. Our patients are having to travel from end to end on the Island just to be able to get their treatments and get their medications. We can't even buy medications here on the Island, we have to send away and get it through the mail," he said.
A former reservist, Gaudet says he uses medical marijuana himself to manage pain from an injury he sustained in the 1980s, when...
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