There’s new kind of Girl Scout cookies for sale in town -- though you’re going to need a prescription to get them. “Girl Scout Cookies” is actually the name of a strain of marijuana sold at the Harmony Dispensary, a medical marijuana facility at 600 Meadowlands Pkwy in Secaucus.
Harmony officially opened for business on June 18. It’s the first such operation in Hudson County, and the sixth Alternative Treatment Center in New Jersey.
People with certain ailments – such as anxiety, muscular dystrophy, or terminal cancer – can come to the dispensary seeking a non-traditional treatment. But first you’ll need a card from the New Jersey Medical Marijuana Program. To apply for that, a registered MMP physician must assess potential patients and certify their conditions. Those interested can begin the application process at https://njmmp.nj.gov/njmmp/.
“It’s not a place to come window shop,” said Harmony spokeswoman Leslie Hoffman during a tour of the facility last week. “Nobody who doesn’t have a card can go through those doors.”
For those who do, they enter a well-lighted, comfortable waiting lounge with a pinch of that Mary Jane smell.
They check in with their card and ID so management knows they’re in the state program, and if they still have an allotment for the amount of weed they can buy. While waiting, patients can look at the different strain options on a menu screen in the lounge.