The company is one of at least three licensed dispensing businesses in Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas — Austinites will now have more access to medical marijuana.
Medical marijuana operator goodblend will open its first dispensary location in Texas. Headquartered in Austin, goodblend creates marijuana products cultivated and produced in the Lone Star State.
Since 2015, the operator has provided the widest selection of medical-grade marijuana products throughout Texas and is one of at least three licensed dispensing businesses in the state.
On Tuesday, goodblend will open its first medical marijuana retail store in southeast Austin on East Riverside Drive. The official opening will begin at 3 p.m. with a DJ, a ribbon cutting and brief remarks.
“This will be the first time where you’ll be able to come in to a convenience store with your prescription and actually order product live on the spot that’ll be in our inventory and then leave with it that day,” said Terrence Baugh, community relations manager at goodblend.
Texas passed the Compassionate Use Act in 2015, which allowed the first legal use of low-THC cannabis products in the state for patients with epilepsy. Since then, it has been expanded to include patients with seven…
