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Budding RI pot dispensary gives glimpse of what could be in store for Massachusetts
http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20140216/NEWS/140216672/1994
Shawn Aponik, 28, works the counter at the Slater Center, which offers a wide array of marijuana-based products, from cookies to massage oils.
Budding RI pot dispensary gives glimpse of what could be in store for Massachusetts
PROVIDENCE — The armed guards sit behind bulletproof glass, checking state-issued identification cards as the customers arrive to buy their marijuana.
They buy it all legally — prepacked buds, rolled joints and even cannabis oil. They can also pick up marijuana-laced candy, cookies, Jello shots and more than a dozen other products.
Welcome to Rhode Island's Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center, a medical marijuana dispensary that could be a model for as many as three dozen facilities that could open in Massachusetts in the next year. Licenses have already been granted for 20 facilities, including locations in Brockton, Quincy and Taunton.
Karen van Unen, executive director of the DPH Medical Marijuana program, expects there to be up to 26 dispensaries open in this state by August.