Less than a month after they opened for business, several of Pennsylvania's medical dispensaries are out of product. Two Philadelphia region dispensaries are essentially sold out, the Associated Press reported. A dispensary in the Pittsburgh area was out of stock and temporarily closed, Triblive reported.



The interruption comes as six medical marijuana dispensaries are open for business in Pennsylvania but only one grower-processer has shipped medical marijuana.



However, two more growers-processors are expected to be shipping product before the end of the month.



In the central part of the state, Organic Remedies in Hampden Township in Cumberland County had a "decent amount" of product as of Tuesday morning, said Eric Hauser, the CEO.



That included pens used for vaporizing medical marijuana and cartridges for them, and medical marijuana in liquid concentrate form. However, Organic Remedies was out of capsules, which have seen some of the highest demand, and creams and lotions, which have been unavailable since day one.



Hauser said he has received calls from patients in the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh areas and was expecting some of them to travel to Organic Remedies, which is a few miles from Harrisburg.



Hauser said Organic Remedies has been seeing about 25 patients per day. At that rate, he said, he expects his supply would hold out until the later part of the month, when a large shipment is expected.



"If we start seeing 50 patients a day because people are coming from all corners of the state we would probably run out of inventory," he said.



He said he expects a March 19 shipment will fully replenish his supply, including the creams and lotions which have thus far been unavailable.



He said Organic Remedies has a second location, in Chambersburg, scheduled to open on March 20 and he expects it to be stocked and ready.





The state has approved 12 growers-processors, with all of them expected to soon be shipping products. The state has also approved several more dispensaries to open for business as soon as they have product. When the first stage of the program is fully operational, the 12 growers-processors will be serving 51 dispensaries. Dozens more dispensaries are in the final states of getting approval.



As the growers-processors come on line, they are harvesting medical marijuana about every two weeks. The timeframe for turning it into products varies according to the product.



The state reported last week 2,229 patients had purchased medical marijuana as of the end of last Tuesday.



About 21,000 Pennsylvania residents have begun the process of obtaining the state-issued card needed to buy medical marijuana, and about 6,000 have a card.



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