420 with CNW – West Virginia Warms Up to Medical Marijuana

West Virginia is set to launch the application process for medical marijuana cultivators, processors, dispensaries, and laboratories by the end of this month. They are only accepting online applications, and the application deadline is on February 18, 2020. This means that the department will not accept applications past the deadline. In the month of November, the Director of West Virginia Office of Medical Marijuana, Jason Frame, said that the launch of the application process is a step toward availing medical cannabis to the residents of West Virginians who are suffering from serious medical ailments. The competition for the permits will be stiff since the Bureau for Public Health in West Virginia plans on issuing no more than ten growers, ten processors, and 100 dispensaries with licenses. The growers are expected to pay a non-refundable fee of $5,000 and a permit fee of $50,000. The processors are required to pay non-refundable application fees of $5,000, and permit fees of $50,000, while the dispensaries applicants are required to pay a non-refundable fee of $2,500 and  $10,000 license fees. On April 19, 2017, the Governor of West Virginia signed into law the state’s medical marijuana program, indicating that it has been a long…

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