Mountain Home’s marijuana dispensary will open its doors Monday morning.

Plant Family Therapeutics, located at 5172 U.S. Highway 62, will officially open to the public at 9 a.m. Monday, said Michael Lunsford, the dispensary’s executive director.

The dispensary announced through social media earlier this week that it planned on holding a grand opening Monday.

“We are so excited to meet you and serve your needs,” the dispensary said in a Facebook post announcing the business’ opening day.

Approved by Arkansas voters in the fall of 2016, Amendment 98 allows patients 21 and older suffering from a qualifying medical condition to purchase marijuana from 32 state-licensed dispensaries located around the state.

In answering questions posted on social media Tuesday, the dispensary said it will open as a cash-only business but would eventually be able to accept credit cards.

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Plant Family Therapeutics, located between Mountain Home and Henderson, have spent about a year building its own facility at the 5172 Highway 62 address, which was previously a lightly wooded vacant lot.

Of the 32 initial dispensaries permitted by the state, more than a dozen have yet to open, with several still needing to break ground on constructing their storefronts.

A news release sent out by Plant Family Therapeutics last year said the dispensary plans to offer a wide range of products including oral sprays, lozenges, pills, oils, vape pens, cartridges and transdermal patches. The dispensary is also licensed to grow a limited number amount of marijuana — up to 50 adult plants — on site.

Regular operating hours will be 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays through Saturdays, Lunsford said.

“When summer rolls around, we might change that up a little,” he said. “It’s something we’re considering.”

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The Arkansas Department of Health began issuing medical marijuana identification cards, which are required to purchase cannabis, in February of 2019.

Applicants must pay a $50 yearly registration fee, provide a copy of a valid Arkansas driver’s license or other state-issued ID and obtain a written certification from a physician that the patient has one of 18 qualifying medical conditions.

Those conditions include cancer; glaucoma; HIV/AIDS; hepatitis C; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Tourette's syndrome; Crohn's disease; ulcerative colitis; post-traumatic stress disorder; severe arthritis; fibromyalgia; Alzheimer's disease; cachexia; peripheral neuropathy; intractable pain; severe nausea; seizures; or muscle spasms.