NEW YORK, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Columbia Care LLC (“Columbia Care”), the nation’s leading medical cannabis company, announces the opening of an additional medical cannabis dispensary in Pennsylvania. The new dispensary, located at 765 Kidder Street in Wilkes-Barre, opened today, December 3, 2018. The location is Columbia Care’s second dispensary serving qualifying patients in Pennsylvania, following the Scranton dispensary which opened in April 2018, giving Columbia Care a leadership position in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

“The opening of this new Pennsylvania dispensary underscores Columbia Care’s continued commitment to the Commonwealth and its patients. It highlights the rapid growth we are experiencing across the country as patients and providers nationally adopt our high-quality cannabis-based medicines to address significant unmet medical needs,” said Nicholas Vita, chief executive officer of Columbia Care. “At Columbia Care, we commit ourselves every day to the communities we serve. We are thrilled that we can now improve even more lives throughout Pennsylvania with the opening of our location in Wilkes-Barre. We are thankful for the ongoing support that we have received from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the Wilkes-Barre community, and we look forward to serving all stakeholders with the quality of products and service they expect and deserve.”

Consistent with the Company’s vision and mission, the Pennsylvania dispensaries are designed with patient access, safety and comfort in mind. The Wilkes-Barre location will be staffed by a dedicated team, including a licensed pharmacist, trained to provide the highest level of professionalism, compassion, confidentiality, security and respect to the patients they serve. Leveraging its operating experience and the nation’s largest repository of patient data gathered from its national dispensary network, Columbia Care pharmacists provide educational resources and counseling to help patients understand the various formulations and delivery applications to determine an optimal dosing regimen, improving efficacy and outcomes.

To access Columbia Care Pennsylvania’s state-licensed dispensaries, patients must be deemed eligible by a certified practitioner and be registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Health. State certified patients are encouraged to schedule an appointment at any Columbia Care Pennsylvania location during business hours and are welcome to visit our website ( https://col-carepa.com ) for additional information. Patients can also speak to a Columbia Care Pennsylvania representative at (570) 309-6098 during business hours.

About Columbia Care Pennsylvania

Columbia Care Pennsylvania currently has dispensaries in Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, which offer a comprehensive assortment of sublingual tinctures, capsules, concentrates, pain creams, transdermal patches and vaporization pens and cartridges in high THC, high CBD and equal THC:CBD doses as well as cured cannabis flowers. Columbia Care Pennsylvania expects to open a third dispensary in Allentown before year end 2018. By mid-2019, all three dispensaries are expected to provide access to Columbia Care’s proprietary portfolio of formulated pharmaceutical-quality cannabis-based medicines. Columbia Care Pennsylvania provides discounts to veterans, seniors and those on social security disability insurance, Medicaid or Medicare. For more information on Columbia Care Pennsylvania and current product offerings, please visit https://col-carepa.com.

About Columbia Care

Columbia Care is the nation’s largest and most experienced manufacturer and provider of medical cannabis products and services. The Company is licensed in highly selective and regulated jurisdictions and has completed more than 750,000 successful patient interactions since its inception. Working in collaboration with some of the most renowned and innovative teaching hospitals and medical centers in the world, Columbia Care is a patient-centered healthcare company setting the standard for compassion, professionalism, quality, caring and innovation for a rapidly expanding industry. For more information on Columbia Care, please visit www.col-care.com.

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