Trulieve medical marijuana dispensary opens near West Melbourne on New Haven Avenue

Rick Neale
Florida Today

Trulieve has opened a medical marijuana dispensary just outside West Melbourne city limits at 3330 W. New Haven Ave., just east of Sky King Fireworks.

The medical marijuana treatment center — Trulieve's 26th in Florida — opened its doors Wednesday morning.

"It's been an humongous couple of weeks in the Florida cannabis world," Trulieve Chief Executive Officer Kim Rivers said during the grand opening, which was streamed via Facebook Live.

"It seems like every day there's new information and new progress, I would say, which we've been very excited about. As we all know, Gov. DeSantis signed the smokable flower bill on Monday," Rivers said, garnering a round of applause.

Trulieve opened a medical marijuana dispensary Wednesday near West Melbourne.

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A manager at the New Haven Avenue Trulieve store referred a reporter Thursday to a company spokeswoman, who did not return messages seeking comment.

Earlier Thursday, Trulieve's Tallahassee dispensary became the Sunshine State's first to sell smokable marijuana. The dispensary was Florida's first, opening in July 2016.

The company also advertise oral concentrates, vaporizer cartridges, topical creams, nasal spray and other products. Patients must be pre-approved by a physician.

Trulieve Chief Executive Officer Kim Rivers.

Curaleaf opened Brevard's first dispensary in June in Palm Bay (1420 Palm Bay Road NE). Companies following suit in Palm Bay were VidaCann in August (1663 Georgia St. NE) and Surterra in November (6295 Minton Road NE).

Titusville got its first medical marijuana dispensary In January when Curaleaf opened at 200 S. Washington Ave. Trulieve is located in unincorporated Brevard County.

Rivers hosted a question-and-answer session Tuesday at Trulieve's Venice dispensary. She said her company is eyeing Lakeland, Bonita Springs and Panama City as future dispensary sites. 

Trulieve grower Raquel Rivera repots cloned plants in 2017 at the company's medical marijuana facility in Quincy.

Neale is the South Brevard watchdog reporter at FLORIDA TODAY.

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