By: WCTV Eyewitness News

March 21, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- Medical marijuana dispensary Trulieve has become the first dispensary in the state of Florida to sell smokable cannabis. The inaugural sale took place Thursday at the company's Tallahassee location.

The product's availability comes after Governor Ron DeSantis

repealing Florida's ban on the use of smokable medical marijuana.

Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers said in a statement on Thursday, "We are excited about the opportunity to sell whole flower smokable products to patients in Florida and honored to be the first company in Florida to do so. Thank you to Governor DeSantis and the Legislature for taking up and approving smokable products in Florida and special thanks to the Department of Health and the Office of Medical Marijuana Use for their quick action to make today a reality for patients in need. Offering these whole flower products to our patients in their purest, most effective form is something we – and patients – have been looking forward to since we opened the doors of the state’s first dispensary."

Trulieve's Tallahassee location was the first medical cannabis dispensary to open in the state of Florida in July 2016. The company now operates 26 dispensaries throughout the state of Florida.