Cannabis dispensary opens in Allentown

Curaleaf Holdings Inc., an international provider of consumer cannabis products, has opened a dispensary at 1801 Airport Road, Allentown.

The company’s sixth new location in Pennsylvania this year, Curaleaf Allentown expands Curaleaf’s retail presence to 18 dispensaries in Pennsylvania and 137 nationwide.

Curaleaf Allentown’s curated selection of products include Grassroots, Select and Curaleaf brands. Patients can choose from Select Elite, Select Elite Live, Grassroots full-spectrum and strain-specific RSO, Grassroots full-spectrum and strain specific RSO capsules, Grassroots pre-packaged flower, Curaleaf pre-packaged flower and Grassroots concentrates.

The new dispensary is scheduled for a Sept. 27 grand opening after celebrating a Sept. 15 soft opening Sept. 17. Curaleaf, based in Wakefield, Massachusetts, marked its latest retail opening by making a $5,000 donation to the Urban Affairs Coalition, a nonprofit dedicated to improving quality of life and building wealth in marginalized communities.

“We are excited to deepen our roots in the Keystone State with the opening of Curaleaf Allentown, our first dispensary in Lehigh County,” Matt Darin, CEO of Curaleaf, said in a release. “… We remain committed to expanding access to high-quality medical marijuana products for the state’s growing body of medical patients.”

Within Pennsylvania, the company also operates in Altoona, Bradford, Brookville, City Avenue, DuBois, Erie, Gettysburg, Greensburg, Harrisburg, Horsham, King of Prussia, Lancaster, Lebanon, Morton, Philadelphia, State College and Wayne.

Paula Wolf is a freelance writer