LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. — It didn’t take long for the Kansas City area’s first medical marijuana dispensary to sell out. The Kansas City Star reports that Fresh Green dispensary in Lee’s Summit opened Monday and was sold out by the end of the day Tuesday.
All told, the shop served about 500 customers. Bianca Sullivan, who owns the dispensary with her husband, says most people had to wait about 90 minutes to two hours.
Sullivan hopes the dispensary gets another delivery with 5-10 days from its St. Louis-area grower. Other Kansas City-area dispensaries appear to be weeks away from opening.
FOX4 reported from Fresh Green when it opened on Monday and saw a line stretch far from its doors. Some patients told John Pepitone that they had long been waiting for dispensaries to open after purchasing medical marijuana cards a year ago.
The coronavirus pandemic slowed Missouri’s approval process for operators and cultivators, leaving the dispensaries playing the…
