About Wellness will soon be the first medical marijuana dispensary to open its doors to the folks of the Greater Cincinnati area.
According to Mac Amin, not everyone will welcome the store.
He said this week that trying to open up the store “went 50/50” and remarked “It could have gone either way. After speaking to a lot of councilmen and councilwomen, we were able to at least educate them as to what we’re doing here, what medical marijuana is, what dispensaries are doing.”
Amin explained that opening the store was to offer people pain treatment that did not involve opioids.
“After doing some research, we found the unfortunate part is Ohio is number three in the nation in opiate overdoses,” he said. “There are patients out there looking for a different form of medication.”
Only those who have a medical marijuana card proving they have a prescription from a doctor certified to prescribe marijuana. will be allowed inside the store.
All of the store’s products will be made from marijuana cultivated and processed in Ohio, according to Amin.
“We don’t want to change your opinion,” he said. “If we can, great but if we can educate you just a little bit more to help you understand and you can formulate your own opinion afterward, even better.”
