VidaCann medical marijuana dispensary has Saturday grand opening in Palm Bay. It's the city's 2nd one to open

PALM BAY — VidaCann, the area's second medical marijuana dispensary, will hold a grand opening at 10 a.m. Saturday.

VidaCann, which has a store in Daytona Beach with plans to open several more across Florida, is located at 1663 Georgia St. NE, just east of the Interstate 95/Malabar Road exit in Palm Bay.

More:Brevard's first medical marijuana dispensary opens in Palm Bay

VidaCann is selling cannabis products including tinctures, capsules, vapes and concentrate syringes. The company says its "proprietary organic cultivation process ensures that patients receive the highest quality, safest active cannabinoid products on the market.'

It's planning on several specials and discounts throughout Saturday's grand opening.

Additionally, VidaCann says its Florida’s exclusive provider of Stanley Brothers products, the creators of the well-known Charlotte’s Web brand. All VidaCann dispensary locations will offer Stanley Brothers products with Charlotte’s Web inside in a variety of cannabinoid ratios from completely non-psychoactive to higher levels of THC with an infusion of Charlotte’s Web CBD.

“Our goal is to reach every patient across the state through our dispensaries and delivery services, ensuring they have access to the best products that they desperately need,” said Peyton Moseley, VidaCann's vice president of product development.

VidaCann's new location on the Space Coast follows Brevard's first medical marijuana dispensary, Curaleaf, also in Palm Bay, in June. 

To purchase cannibas products, patients need to be seen by a certified physician who diagnoses a person as suffering from one of the 10 conditions covered under the state's medical marijuana laws.

From there, patients must sign up with the state's medical marijuana users registry.

After that it takes 10-15 days to receive a registration card/number. First-time patients initially have to show ID, and the registration number, and meet privately with a trained consultant at a dispensary on the available medical marijuana options.

All of it is based on the doctor's recommendation.

This summer there were 13 doctors in Brevard licensed to give the OK on medical marijuana. That's a number expected to grow each year, as likely will the number of dispensaries.

Florida voters in 2016 voted in favor of the constitutional amendment, known as Amendment 2, to allow medical marijuana for certain medical conditions. Amendment 2 gave doctors the authority to recommend marijuana for patients who have AIDS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cancer, Crohn's disease, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, post-traumatic stress disorder and other debilitating medical conditions.

Brevard's 16 cities and towns have a patchwork of rules related to medical marijuana facilities, according to a Planning and Development Department analysis. Some have banned them entirely, while others have moratoriums in place.

Palm Bay, Rockledge, Satellite Beach and Titusville are among the Brevard municipalities that will allow such facilities.

In February, Brevard County Commissioners approved medical marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated Brevard.

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