MPX Expands Maryland Footprint With Opening of Health for Life White Marsh Dispensary
TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MPX Bioceutical Corporation (“MPX” or the “Company”) (CSE: MPX; OTC: MPXEF) announced that the Company will open a new Health for Life dispensary in Nottingham, Maryland which is located at 4741 Ridge Rd, Nottingham, Maryland, 21236. The dispensary is operated by MPX’s indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, S8 Management LLC, through a management agreement with LMS Wellness, Benefit LLC (“LMS”), which provides all management services typically required by a dispensary facility to successfully operate. This is the Company’s third dispensary in Maryland, following the opening of its flagship Health for Life dispensary in Bethesda, in August 2018 and Health for Life dispensary in Baltimore, in October 2018.
The dispensary, in line with others under the Health for Life brand, features copper accents, rustic wood paneling and navy blue walls, is prepared to welcome upward of 100 patients during its first week of business. Fully-trained consultants will be available to inform and assist Maryland patients holding a medical cannabis commission ID card with information regarding the flower, topicals, concentrates and other forms permitted under Maryland regulations, offered at the dispensary.
Marylanders are increasingly familiar with The Health for Life brand and the impact it has on their community. They are now able to find us in three locations and have come to rely on us as a reputable source for patient education and reliable information on cannabis, as well as quality, consistent medicine.
Julie Winter, MPX’s Senior Vice President of East Coast Operations
The Health for Life White Marsh dispensary is located off of the highly-trafficked Ridge Road in the community of Nottingham and within two miles of the White Marsh Mall. Health for Life White Marsh is open to patients Sunday through Saturday. Operating hours can be found in the Health for Life website.
About MPX Bioceutical Corporation
MPX, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in the U.S., provides substantial management, staffing, procurement, advisory, financial, real estate rental, logistics and administrative services to three medicinal cannabis enterprises in Arizona operating under the Health for Life (dispensaries) and the award-winning Melting Point Extracts (high-margin concentrates wholesale) brands. The successful Health for Life brand operates in the rapidly growing Phoenix Metropolitan Statistical Area. With the acquisition of The Holistic Center, MPX added another operating medical cannabis enterprise to its footprint in Arizona.
GreenMart of Nevada NLV, LLC (“GreenMart NV”) is an award winning licensed cultivation, production and wholesale business, licensed for both the medical and “adult use” sectors in Las Vegas, Nevada, and is already selling wholesale into the Nevada medical cannabis market. GreenMart NV has also optioned suitable locations and intends to enter the higher-margin retail arena by applying for at least two dispensary licenses in the Las Vegas market which will operate under the “Health for Life” brand.
In Massachusetts, MPX is building out and will operate a cultivation and production facility as well as up to three dispensaries and manages three full service dispensaries and one producer in Maryland.
In Canada, MPX has acquired Canveda, which has received its cultivation license from Health Canada, will operate a cultivation and production facility in Peterborough, Ontario. The Company also leases a property in Owen Sound, Ontario, for which an application to Health Canada has been made for a cannabis production and sales license. In addition, the Company will continue its efforts to develop its legacy nutraceuticals business.
