San Francisco (CNN Business) MedMen Enterprises, one of the larger cannabis dispensary operations in the US, is zeroing in on Florida as it continues its US expansion.

MedMen MMNFF , which is based in Los Angeles and operates 35 medical and recreational cannabis stores in the US, opened a 7,550-square-foot medical marijuana dispensary in downtown West Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday.

The store is MedMen's first in the Sunshine State, but the company has big plans there: Of the 15 dispensaries it's looking to open this year, 12 are slated for Florida.

"Florida, it's a very large market," Nick Hansen, MedMen's director of governmental affairs for the southeast US region, told CNN Business. "It's a high focus for us."

In 2017, Florida began regulated medical marijuana sales in which doctors could authorize or recommend cannabis for patients with certain diseases and ailments.

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