Cannabidiol medical dispensary opens in Iowa City

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – A cannabidiol medical dispensary opened in Iowa City on Friday.

Iowa Cannabis Company is located at 382 Highway 1 in Iowa City. Todd Johnson, the store manager, said the difference between their business and CBD stores is that their products contain more THC. This is the chemical that produces the high associated with cannabis.

“’My CBD stores’ only sell products up to 0.03 THC,” Johnson said. “Where we are allowed to sell anything above that is the limit allotted by the state.”

Iowa Cannabis Company is state licensed and offers tablets, sprays, tinctures, and cream. They cannot sell medicinal marijuana plants for smoking as it remains illegal in this form in Iowa.

Unlike other states, like neighboring Illinois where people can purchase cannabis for recreational purposes and for smoking, one must also get a doctor’s referral to use the products.

“Honestly, we are just selling the product that the state allows us to do, we would sell more if we could,” Johnson said. “We are also pushing for this, pushing for more changes to the program once there is more research and more people start to understand how cannabis works.”

Iowa Cannabis Company is opening a location in Council Bluffs next week.

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