ABOVE: Seven Point of Illinois Cannabis Dispensary CEO Brad Zerman addresses Danville City Council
During Tuesday night’s (July 7th) Danville City Council meeting, local business owner Brad Zerman had a triple play of topics for the Council during “public comment” session. Brad Zerman, CEO of the Seven Point of Illinois Cannabis Dispensary, west of Lynch Road on Eastgate Drive; spoke first about a drive-thru window possibly opening soon, perhaps by this weekend. Zerman says, far as he knows, it could still be the first one at an Illinois dispensary.
AUDIO: When we applied through the state, they told us that no one else had applied yet. Right now, we’re, internally, 100 percent ready to open it. We have our lane. We have a backup lane. We have signs and arrows, and all kinds of stuff to direct people to where it is.
Meanwhile, having previously owned a medical cannabis dispensary in Oak Park, Illinois; Zerman says a new initiative at Seven Point is designed to keep those battling pain off dangerous and addictive opioids. He says there will be informational events at Seven Point about getting started.
AUDIO: We had one of the first 50 medical dispensaries in the state, back in 2016. So they’ve loosened; the state has loosened up, some of the conditions. So chronic pain is now one of the conditions. So, if you have chronic pain, and you have a diagnosis for that; we can assist you with getting a telehealth appointment with a medical professional that will fill out the paperwork and do the certification.
Zerman also pointed out a new state law that will prevent certain places from selling “intoxicating hemp;” where Zerman says the stores may not care about the potency of the product, nor the age of the buyer.
AUDIO: The law that the governor just signed provides that all these retail outlets, other than cannabis dispensaries, are no longer allowed to sell intoxicating hemp. So, there was like a gap in the law that allowed the smoke shops to come in with intoxicating hemp, but previously they’d only been allowed to have non-intoxicating hemp, only like point-three percent. So now, those stores and gas stations are basically selling cannabis; unlicensed cannabis.
That will change when the new law takes effect in November.
