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WEBVTT WHAT YOU’LL NEED, TO LEGALLY BUY CANNABIS. MOLLIE: RIGHT NOW DISPENSARIES CAN ONLY SELL MARIJUANA BUDS WHICH PATIENTS CAN VAPORIZE NOT SMOKE. BUT AS THE PROGRAM EXPANDS SO WILL THE MEDICINAL MERCHANDISE. LOCATIONS ARE EXPECTING BIG CROWDS TOMORROW. WITH SOME EVEN PLACING A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH YOU CAN BUY. WEDNESDAY MORNING WILL MARK A HISTORIC MOMENT FOR OHIO. FOR THE FIRST TIME MEDICAL MARIJUANA WILL LEGALLY BE SOLD IN THE STATE. >> WE’VE BEEN CONTACTED BY PATIENTS VIA PHONE, VIA EMAIL, THROUGH OUR WEBSITE AND OUR DISPENSARY PROFESSIONALS FOLLOW UP WITH EVERYONE OF THEM TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE PREPARED FOR THEIR VISI MOLLIE: OF THE 56 LICENSED DISPENSARIES STATEWIDE ONLY A FEW ARE READY FOR BUSINESS. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE 4 LOCATIONS OPENING TOMORROW, THE BOTANIST CANTON, THE FOREST SANDUSKY IN SANDUSKY AND C.Y.+ AND OHI VALLEY NATURAL RELIEF LLC BOTH IN WINTERSVILLE. PATIENTS FROM OUR AREA WILL HAVE TO COMMIT TO A DRIVE TO GET THERE. IT’S ABOUT 3 AND A HALF HOURS TO THE CANTON LOCATION FROM DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. THE FOREST SANDUSKY A LITTLE LONGER DRIVE AT 3 HOURS AND 45 MINUTES. AND THE WINTERSVILLE LOCATIONS REQUIRE 4 HOURS IN A CAR. >> THERE ARE PATIENTS THAT CAN’T REALLY GO THAT FAR OUT TO GET THEIR MEDICINE. MOLLIE: JOAN CALEODIS SUFFERS FROM A RARE OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. SHE WILL BE THE FIRST TO BUY CANNABIS AT ONE OF THE LOCATIONS TOMORROW. PATIENTS WILL NEED THEIR STATE-ISSUED ID, REGISTRY CARD AND CASH >> I WAS TAKING 16 PILLS A DAY AT ONE POINT FOR A DISEASE THAT THERE WAS NO FDA APPROVED MEDS FOR AND I JUST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS DONE WITH THESE MEDS MOLLIE: SHE’S FOUND RELIEF WITH CANNABIS OILS AND HOPES THIS STEP WILL HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OTHER PATIENTS. >> IT’S A GREAT WIN FOR PATIENTS IN OHIO. IT DEFINITELY IS. AND I KNOW THERE’S A STIGMA BUT WE’RE NOT STONERS WE WANNA FEEL BETTER. WE DON’T WANT TO BE IN PAIN. MOLLIE: A FIFTH DISPENSARY WILL OPEN LATER THIS WEEK IN WICKLIFFE NORTH OF CLEVELAND. NO EXACT DATE WAS GIVEN BUT A SPOKESPERSON WITH GREENLEAF APOTHECARIES SAYS IT WILL

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