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Pennsylvania released applications for cannabis companies that want to participate in the state’s much-vaunted medical marijuana research program.
Each winner will be granted a permit to grow cannabis and a permit to open six retail dispensaries. Each applicant must have a pre-existing research contract with one of the eight state-approved health systems.
Applications are due before April 11.
In a previous round, the state rejected every application by cannabis companies on various technical grounds. The applications are seen by many as a formality. Five medical centers in the Philadelphia region are believed to have signed contracts with the cannabis companies months, if not years, ago.
