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Chicagoland cannabis dispensary toreimburse patients for state registrationcostsEmily Gray Brosious
August 22, 2016: 10:57 AM CT
Medical cannabis bottles and canisters are on display inside Seven Point Medical CannabisDispensary’s glass show room in Oak Park, Illinois. (Photo credit: Emily Gray Brosious/Extract)
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A new medical cannabis dispensary opens for business in suburban Chicago onTuesday, August 23, and it’s offering a special gift to patients who attended any of thedispensary’s education and application sessions over the past year: free medicalcannabis.
Seven Point Medical Cannabis Dispensary in Oak Park, Illinois, is sending decorativecoins to reimburse patients for the costs of applying to the state’s medical cannabisprogram. Eligible patients will be able to use the coins to purchase medical cannabisand related supplies at the suburban Chicago dispensary.
“We’re sending 10 coins, each worth $15, to every patient who attended ourapplication events, as a gift to reimburse them for the fingerprinting costs and state-
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application events, as a gift to reimburse them for the fingerprinting costs and state-application fees,” Seven Point CEO Brad Zerman told Extract in an interview.
Prior to August 1 (when patient medical cannabis card fees jumped to $300 in Illinois),patient registry cards cost $100 and required fingerprinting costs an additional $60 orso, totaling approximately $160 per patient.
Local officials and community members celebrated the grand opening of Seven PointMedical Cannabis Dispensary with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, August 19,and a rare glimpse inside the dispensary before cannabis products arrived on site.Once the dispensary has cannabis products for sale, state law only permits patients,caregivers and employees to enter the dispensary showroom.
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Seven Point Medical Cannabis Dispensary CEO Brad Zerman (third from right, holding scissors)helps cut the dispensary’s ceremonial grand opening ribbon with members of the Oak ParkChamber of Commerce, on Friday, Aug. 19, 2016, in Oak Park, Illinois. (Photo credit: Emily GrayBrosious/Extract)
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Zerman showcased Seven Point’s glass-enclosed showroom, high-level securitysystem, wide range of cannabis products and extensive selection of educationalresources, including “how-to” videos produced by the dispensary.
Seven Point is the 41st dispensary to open in Illinois since the state began awardinglicenses in November 2015.
The opening, which was initially slated for the end of 2015, was delayed for monthsafter complications with the dispensary’s original location forced it to move to adifferent spot nearby. Still, Zerman sounds fairly upbeat about the final outcome.
“It was really for the best because our new facility is in a great location, and verycentrally located, so it’s more accessible for patients,” he said.
Seven Point has focused its pre-opening efforts on education initiatives for patientsand healthcare providers. Amy Lee, Seven Point’s Director of Education and Research,hosted more than 100 informational seminars in recent months to help patientsnavigate the application process, and educate them about the uses and benefits ofmedical cannabis.
Lee, who is also a licensed clinical social worker, became personally involved withmedical cannabis when her father was diagnosed with mesothelioma, an aggressiveform of cancer.
“I made him cannabis-infused oil, and he was able to go down from five medications tojust one, taking the oil,” Lee told Extract. “It really helped elevate his quality of life
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just one, taking the oil,” Lee told Extract. “It really helped elevate his quality of lifeduring those final years.”
In her role as Seven Point’s education and research director, Lee hopes to illuminatethe positive medical benefits of cannabis to other needy patients who may not bepersonally familiar with medical cannabis or how it works.
“We recognize many people in the state are new users of cannabis and our goal is toteach them everything they need to know from what product to choose for theircondition to how to actually administer it,” Zerman said. “Our staff has undergoneextensive training from some of the leading cannabis doctors and researchers in thecountry and we look forward to helping members of our community experience relief.”
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Myoclonus – Mayo Clinic; Dystonia – National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke;
Complex regional pain syndrome – Mayo Clinic; Myasthenia Gravis – myasthenia.org;
Hydrocephalus – Medline Plus; Nail-patella syndrome – National Organization for Rare Disorders
(NORD); Residual limb pain – WebMD; Neurofibromatosis – Neurofibromatosis Network; Chronic
inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy – NORD; Sjogren’s syndrome – Mayo Clinic; Lupus –
Lupus Foundation of America; Interstitial cystitis – Mayo Clinic; HIV/AIDS – Mayo Clinic; ALS – ALS
Association; Muscular dystrophy – Mayo Clinic; Fibromyalgia – Mayo Clinic; Cachexia – National
Center for Biotechnology Information; PTSD – National Institute of Mental Health
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Myoclonus – cristian_may/Compfight cc; Dystonia – Leanne Surfleet/Compfight cc; Myasthenia
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