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Applications in for medical marijuana dispensaries

ALBANY -- Companies hoping to secure a license to sell medical marijuana dropped off applications to the Department of Health. Friday was the deadline to submit detailed business plans to the state. The Department of Health is expected to issue five licenses to companies in late summer, which can then open four locations for a total of 20 dispensaries statewide. "The goal of Etain and I think a lot of the competitors that are competing for these licenses is to serve as many patients as possible and there's a finite list of diseases that are eligible for treatment of medical marijuana. We hope that list grows, but right now when you only about a dozen opportunities to treat patients the number of patients statewide isn't that great," said Steve Stalmer with Etain, LLC. Etain wants to open a dispensary on Pearl St in Albany, as well as Kingston, Yonkers and Syracuse. It plans to operate a cultivation site and manufacturing factory in Chester. Several applicants stressed their stores would look vastly different than dispensaries in Colorado and other states that have legalized marijuana. New York's medical marijuana law is restricted to patients suffering from specific disorders. "This will be a very generic storefront -- black and white signage and really no mention of the marijuana product," said Tom Gosrich, Vice President of North Country Roots. "We're really only going to be dispensing pharmaceutical-looking products that are extracted from the plant, supplied in a liquid that can be taken orally or through a capsule as well as vaporized solutions." The state requires those selected for a license to open by January 5, 2016, 18 months after the bill was signed into law. Several companies have already signed leases in anticipation of being selected. "It'll be a nervous two months," said Stalmer. "Though, at this point, it's kind of out of your hands."