Home delivery of medical marijuana is coming to the five boroughs.
Vireo Health is one of the five licensed Marijuana growers in New York, which is planning to begin home delivery service of marijuana in the city, Long Island and Westchester County within three months, the company announced Wednesday.
Vireo Chief Executive Officer Ari Hoffnung said “People of New York City have increasingly come to expect home delivery of Marijuana, and now we plan on leveraging ‘last mile.’
State health officials first announced plans to allow the home cannabis consignment in August 2016 as part of a gradual expansion of the tightly regulated program, which launched in January last year.
Vireo also operates their dispensaries in Queens and White Plains, Westchester County was the first of the growers which received approval for home distribution of pots.
“This is another step in the department’s implementation of the recommendations in the last two-year’s report on New York’s medical marijuana program, in recognition of the fact that, in lot of cases, patients who are suffering from serious health conditions cannot leave their homes and they face difficulty in accessing medical marijuana products,” the Health Department said in a statement.
Vireo officials said that “numerous measures” will be taken to ensure safety and security. The Marijuana packages will be handled by at least two delivery persons, and company-owned delivery vehicles will be outfitted with GPS-tracking and other safety devices.
Dr. Stephen Dahmer, Vireo Health’s chief medical officer said, “Home delivery will not just help us to improve our current services, but it will also expand our reach to those patients who are not in a position to travel,”
Vireo said it will announce pricing and other details in the coming weeks.
Patients who are certified for the use of Marijuana or family their members can sign up for home delivery program updates by visiting the website of Vireo.
According to the Health Department, as of 9th January 12,247 patients in New York State have been certified to receive medical marijuana.
In addition to allowing home delivery of Marijuana, health authorities have also moved in recent weeks to allow nurses and physician’s assistants to certify patients for the drug and have added chronic pain to the list of 10 illnesses that merit treatment with medical marijuana.
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