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It was a quiet opening Friday for Vireo Health. There were few patients at the medical marijuana dispensary, but the executives did not act worried. “Our experience working in other states, like in Minnesota, is that these things take time and that you need to be patient,” Ari Hoffnung, CEO of Vireo Health said. They say they are encouraged by the number of doctors who have signed up to write marijuana prescriptions, even though critics say the number is disappointing....

Queens residents hoping to find relief from chronic illness pain will now be able to purchase medical-grade marijuana in the borough’s first dispensary. Vireo Health of New York, one of...

ELMHURST — The borough’s first medical marijuana facility opened Friday inside a bright and airy former clothing shop on Queens Boulevard — but don’t expect to find any pot cookies,...

The borough’s first medical marijuana dispensary opened its doors Friday near the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst. The Queens Patient Center at 89-55 Queens Blvd. began to provide clients with...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The first medical cannabis patient in New York State said her cancer and the treatments for it turned her life upside down. Constant pain and...