Medical marijuana dispensaries opening in Missouri

ST. LOUIS – Feel State, a privately held St. Louis-based company, is opening medical marijuana dispensaries in St. Louis and Kansas City.

The St. Louis pharmacy opened this month at 444 Howdershell Road in Florissant and is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

“We are very happy to be part of the Florissant community and are so grateful that everyone was given such a warm welcome,” said co-owner of the pharmacy Tyler Hannegan said. “Our goal is to make sure we really connect with the community and know that our mission to treat everyone who walks through our doors with the utmost respect is very much in line with that of the Feel State brand.”

Feel State is also preparing to open a pharmacy in the 18th and Vine districts of Kansas City in the coming weeks, said David Melnick, a co-founder of Feel State.

Feel State sponsors an outdoor public block party in the Florissant store from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Fridays with freebies, food, music, and displays from more than a dozen medical marijuana and wellness providers.

Several pharmacies have opened in St. Louis in the past few weeks, including Terrabis and North pharmacies, the each opened their second medical marijuanaana pharmacy.

The Missouri Department of Health has approved 192 medical marijuana dispensaries, including nearly 70 in the greater St. Louis area.

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