Curaleaf Opens Florida's 1st Drive-Through Marijuana Dispensary

PALM HARBOR, FL – North Pinellas County residents with prescriptions for medical marijuana no longer need to leave their cars to pick up their pot products.

Miami-based Curaleaf has opened Florida’s first medical marijuana drive-through dispensary in Palm Harbor. The Curaleaf Palm Harbor Medical Marijuana Dispensary is located at 35388 U.S. 19 N.

Current Curaleaf patients can now place their medical marijuana order online for pick-up at the Palm Harbor dispensary's secure drive-through. Curaleaf will verify that all patients are listed in the state's Medical Marijuana Use Registry and have active orders in the system.

All new patients are required to first visit with Curaleaf associates at the dispensary's private consultation rooms and are encouraged to take advantage of educational resources and events in the dispensary's community meeting room.

"We at Curaleaf are proud to bring to the Palm Harbor community its first state-of-the-art medical marijuana dispensary, underscoring our commitment to making this life-changing treatment available and accessible to all, so that suffering patients can find the relief they need," said Lindsay Jones, president of Curaleaf Florida.

"We want the communities we serve to know that as Curaleaf expands its footprint across Florida and its product line, our company remains focused on safety, exceptional quality, accessibility and superior customer service,” said Jones. “As such, we are piloting the drive-through concept in Palm Harbor to provide our patients, several of which have physical disabilities, with another option for access and convenience."

Curaleaf is licensed by the state to cultivate, process and dispense medical marijuana. So far, the company has seven dispensaries in the state, including one in St. Petersburg. The company plans to have 18 dispensaries open by the end of this year and 30 by 2019.

For those who don’t live near a dispensary, Curaleaf also offers deliveries to 33 Florida counties.

The dispensary is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.

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