Garden State Dispensary will open the first medical marijuana dispensary in Monmouth or Ocean counties on Thursday, the state's Department of Health said.
The department issued Garden State Dispensary a permit on Monday to open a satellite dispensary at 59 Route 35, near the entrance to the former Fort Monmouth property. The dispensary received state approval to open last year and then had to fulfill the regulatory requirements for the permit.
Monmouth and Ocean counties have over 14,000 patients combined in the state's Medicinal Marijuana Program, which now has more than 86,000 patients, 3,300 caregivers and 1,200 physicians enrolled, according to state data.