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Dispensary

Pronounced / dih·SPEN·suh·ree /

A licensed retail store that sells cannabis products to registered patients, adults of legal age, or both, depending on local law.

Example in a sentence

“He checked the dispensary's menu online before driving over.”

Also called dispensaries, cannabis store, pot shop

Sources (1)
  1. https://www.leafly.com/learn/cannabis-glossary/dispensary
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