PROVIDENCE -- The Health Department announced late Wednesday that Greenleaf Compassionate Care Center in Portsmouth has been issued its registration certificate, meaning that the company is permitted to sell medical marijuana.
The dispensary at 1637 W. Main Rd. in Portsmouth will be the second to open in the state.
Last month, the Thomas C. Slater Compassion Center opened at 1 Corliss St., in Providence, across the street from the main post office off of Charles St. Officials there said that 850 patients in the state medical marijuana program have registered with Slater.
Patients are allowed to designate up to two caregivers, or suppliers, of their medical marijuana.
Dr. Seth Bock, co-owner of Greenleaf, has previously said that he hopes to open for business as soon as possible.