Re-Open Healthy Pharms Cambridge

In late April/early May, the city of Cambridge closed the medical cannabis dispensary Healthy Pharos in Cambridge because they renewing their license under “Mission Dispensaries,” a company they had just been absorbed into. Since then, the store has been temporarily closed. This has been hugely inconvenient for many Medical Cannabis Patients in Massachusetts for the following reasons:



—HP is accessible for patients who are low-income and patients of color. This is because of the proximity to the Red Line and other public transport, as well as their loyalty point program, which is arguably the best in the state to help people save money.

—The staff was incredibly knowledgeable and the store with its intimate atmosphere combined with knowledgeable staff was so helpful for patients. Unlike some of the other city’s dispensaries, there is/was a type of patient experience that Healthy Pharms had branded. Once a patient can find that, that dispensary often becomes a go-to. There is almost a community behind it, but more importantly relationships with specific patient advocates that you know, your conditions, and what types of medicine work for you. Cutting off these types of relationships is detrimental to many patients’ progress and treatment of their conditions. That includes access to certain products that Healthy Pharms had.

—it is also inconvenient for the patient advocates that worked there and had been developing specific skillsets for their specific role.



There are many other reasons to include, but this is an ask of many patients in this community. We ask that the Cambridge City Council and Licensing Commission to please accelerate the process to re-open Healthy Pharms/Mission Dispensary Cambridge as soon as possible. Thank you for your time and consideration.