Month: December 2023

TAMPA, FL — RISE Dispensaries, a rapidly growing cannabis retail chain owned by Chicago-based Green Thumb Industries Inc., announced Thursday that it will open two RISE Dispensaries in Florida, with one located in Tampa and the other in Crystal River, on Friday.

These store openings bring the company’s retail footprint to 13 in Florida and 89 nationwide.

RISE Dispensary Tampa will host a grand opening celebration on Dec. 16, where profits from the day will be donated to the Tu Canna Foundation. RISE Dispensary Crystal River will host a grand opening celebration on Dec. 15, with profits benefitting The Bridge 4 Veterans.

“We are extremely excited to deepen our presence on the west coast of Florida with two new RISE Dispensaries in Tampa and Crystal River,” said Green Thumb President Anthony Georgiadis. “As with previous store openings, we continue our tradition of giving back to the community, and we look forward to supporting two incredible local non-profit partners, Tu Canna Foundation and The Bridge 4 Veterans.”

Tampa-based Tu Canna Foundation promotes wellness advocacy and holistic education in the community with a strong focus on mental health. Through veteran retreats, expungement clinics, nonprofit partnerships, local outreach opportunities, food banks, legal services and more,

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Dartmouth’s cannabis future is becoming a bit more concrete. Retailer and cultivator Apotho Therapeutics started construction on its new retail facility on State Road in the former New East Asian Fusion location. 

In July, Apotho Therapeutics estimated the opening date at early 2024. Apotho Therapeutics’ Matthew and Andrew Medeiros told the Select Board at the time that it planned to start work on the cultivation facility, at the former Indoor Tennis Courts, after the retail facility was complete. They estimated the cultivation facility would be complete six months later. 

Select Board member Shawn McDonald said at the time that he “still has concerns about the dispensary’s location,” which is next to Capri Motel. He said that Dartmouth Police have been called out to that area multiple times this year.

The company confirmed that they will keep a fence around the facility. When Apotho’s host community agreement was approved in 2022, the company’s president Mathew Medeiros said the facility would be under 24/7 security coverage from a mix of surveillance cameras and patrols.

Medeiros also said a minimum of 55 people would work at the facility — with 10% of the workforce coming from Dartmouth.

Apotho Therapeutics could not immediately be reached for

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15 hrs 5 mins agoBy Alexander Porter

THACKERVILLE, Okla. (KTEN) — Five people from Texas have been arrested for burglarizing a medical marijuana dispensary in Thackerville.

Love County deputies discovered the Burning Arrow Dispensary had been burglarized after noticing a displaced vehicle on a side road around 2 a.m. Thursday.

Sheriff Andy Cumberledge said the dispensary has previously been targeted by thieves.

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