Deerfield-News.com-Deerfield-Beach, Fl-Surterra has just opened its Deerfield Beach dispensary located at 699 South Federal Highway. The building was originally Sambo’s Restaurant then Georges’s Diner and finally was operated as Marlee’s Diner. Surterra is one of Florida’s largest dispensaries operating 40 medical marijuana dispensaries across the sunshine state. At the present time Florida has 317,000 medical marijuana patients. The public records indicate there are 2591 licensed prescribing physicians across the state.
As we posted recently on the six existing dispensaries we found them to be like a doctor’s office in the waiting area and a high-end jewelry store in the showroom. We saw no loitering or other types of problems inside or outside of any Deerfield Beach dispensary. We know some other local bloggers have taken a strict position and they think Deerfield Beach is being overrun with problems as dispensaries opened, we have not seen that. Our recent checks of BSO reports do not indicate that either in fact, I have seen none. Now that is not to say there will not be an occasional problem all retail stores in the city have had unruly customers or shoplifters. Certainly, Deerfield Beach has some local bars that have had fights and shootouts which are a greater risk to the public. These medical cannabis stores employ people, pay taxes and licensing fees. All of the seven now operating in Deerfield Beach have received the needed approval and license from Deerfield Beach to open as well as a license from the state of Florida.
