The large medical-marijuana company set to open a dispensary in Harrisburg, among other cities, will be opening fewer locations than originally expected.
Two of the affiliates of Harvest Health & Recreation will relinquish their medical marijuana dispensary permits in Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting today.
According to the report, Harvest of Northwest PA and Harvest of North Central PA came under fire from state officials after the parent company announced it held permits to operate 21 dispensaries when state law caps that number at 15. The company will no longer seek to open dispensaries in New Castle or Shamokin.
This was part of a settlement reached with the state Department of Health, the Inquirer reports.
In Harrisburg, Harvest is on the verge of opening a dispensary in the former Camp Curtin Fire Station in the 2500 block of North Sixth Street, which had operated as the Camp Curtin Bar-B-Que Station for 30 years.
While Harvest is still set to open a medical marijuana dispensary at the former Camp Curtin Fire Station in Harrisburg, the company agreed to open two fewer locations around the state.
Harvest Health had created seven separate companies - most of them limited liability companies with different ownership groups - to hold dispensary licenses around the state.
Harvest was founded in Arizona and operates dispensaries in that state and in Pennsylvania, as well as in California, Florida, Maryland, Ohio. Its website says it has plans to open locations in Massachusetts, Michigan and North Dakota.