Dakota Herb becomes first medical marijuana dispensary to open in Aberdeen – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Medical marijuana patients in the Aberdeen area won’t have to travel hours to reach a dispensary from now on.

Just a year after medical marijuana dispensary permits were issued in Aberdeen, Dakota Herb became the first to open their doors with a soft opening on Tuesday, April 18th.

The business received one of Aberdeen’s six permits to open a dispensary, and their opening day has been highly anticipated.

”It’s great, the amount of phone calls we’ve got over the last six months asking when we’re going to open. It just forced our hand, we had to open here,” said Dakota Herb CEO Dalton Grimmius.

Grimmius said Aberdeen serves as a regional hub that can bring patients more access to medical marijuana. Dakota Herb has dispensaries open in Brandon, Huron, and Vermillion as well. Grimmius says he’s met patients from Aberdeen at other Dakota Herb locations.

“We’ve seen patients go to our Huron store and even to our Brandon store from Aberdeen before we opened here, so we knew there was a need for a medical dispensary in the area. I think we’re going to anticipate seeing people from Mobridge, Sisseton, Bowdle, pretty much everything in this northeast area,” said Grimmius.

As of April 17th, there were 8,977 approved patient cards for medical marijuana in the state.

As the first dispensary to open in the Hub City, Dakota Herb employees are hoping to serve as guides for community members hoping to utilize medical marijuana.

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