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Cannibas dispensary
to open Downtown
SLICK: Columbia Care has minimalist interiors with a mural by Brooklyn artist Marleigh
Culver, which is supposed to provide a warmer and more welcoming environment than its
fi rst location in Manhattan. Columbia Care
BY KEVIN DUGGAN
They’re taking it Downtown!
A new medical cannabis dispensary
will offer medical weed
suppositories when it opens its doors
Downtown on April 20.
Columbia Care is the second medical
cannabis provider to set up shop
in the borough and will sell an array
of pot-derived products from its Court
Street location, including vapor oil,
tablets, tinctures, lotions, and suppositories
to people with a state-approved
medical marijuana card.
One satisfi ed customer reported
that life has never been better since he
started putting the reefer up his rear
end, according to one spokesman for
the company.
“We had one testimonial from a gentleman
who had severe IBS irritable
bowel syndrome and essentially nothing
worked for him and this format
transformed his life,” said Chief Marketing
Offi cer Bryant Ison.
The dispensary between Joralemon
and Remsen streets also distinguishes
itself from the borough’s fi rst, Citiva
— which set up shop across from Barclays
Center in January — by offering
its own credit card, since many large
credit card and banking companies do
not currently allow for cannabis transactions
because the substance is still illegal
on a federal level, forcing customers
to pay for the pricey medicines in
cash or through the cannabis payment
application CanPay, according to Ison.
“A lot of people feel a lot more comfortable
that they can make these
transactions without carrying a lot of
cash,” he said. “A lot of this is not like a
$5 bottle of soda.”
For those who can’t make the trip
to America’s Downtown, the company
also hand-delivers the products with a
secure delivery service, according to
Ison.
“You have a lot of folks that are
in the program but it takes them
two hours to get to the dispensary,”
he said.
Customers will have to show
their identifi cation and state-issued
medical cannabis card at the store’s reception
area.
The dispensary will also sell its
own lineup of cannabidiol products,
which is a non-psychoactive derivative
of the cannabis plant which is legal for
recreational use and which customers
will be able to buy without the medical
card, Ison said.
The Brooklyn location will be
more open and welcoming than the
company’s fi rst New York City outpost
in Manhattan, which they designed
to look more like an upscale
doctor’s offi ce to make it comfortable
for people who were new to the drug,
when the state fi rst legalized it for
medicinal use.
The new store has a slick wood-paneled
interior with a mural designed
by Brooklyn artist Marleigh Culver,
which Ison said will make the store fi t
in with the borough’s artistic vibe.
“It’s that nod to Brooklyn and it’s
gorgeous,” he said. “We’re really excited
about it and have taken a lot of
care with the design of the interior and
the exterior, so we’re excited to be part
of the community.”
The dispensary is slated to open
April 20, which coincidentally is the
unoffi cial international day to celebrate
cannabis, according to the rep.
“Our mission is really a medical
mission and although we recognize
that some folks are a little bit more recreational.
It’s was a bit of a coincidence
to be frank,” he said. “It’s relevant
nonetheless, there’s a lot of people who
are talking about medical cannabis
around April 20, so that works great
for us.”
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