Scottsdale resident Mark Steinmetz plans to open his dispensary, Nature’s AZ Medicines Inc., on July 8 at 16913 E. Enterprise Drive, units 201 and 202. He also is opening a dispensary, with the same name, at 2439 W. McDowell Road in Phoenix.
Last August, the Department of Health Services selected Steinmetz to receive the one state license for a medical-marijuana dispensary in Fountain Hills.
Before opening, Steinmetz plans to host a pre-grand-opening reception and will invite local law enforcement, town officials and others to learn about his operation and medical marijuana.
“People need to really look into it and understand that it’s legitimate medicine,” he said. “To look at medical marijuana and treat it any differently than any other medicine is prejudice.”
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