Struggling multistate operator Parallel is exiting the Pennsylvania medical marijuana market, throwing more than 70 employees out of work amid financial and legal woes.
The Atlanta-based company’s Goodblend Pennsylvania brand is shuttering two dispensaries in Pittsburgh and Erie, and plans to close a 342,000-square-foot Pittsburgh marijuana processing plant in September, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported.
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“In connection with a strategic review, we have made the decision to withdraw from the Pennsylvania market in order to serve patients in our other, more established markets, where so many patients and customers rely on us for their cannabis products,” Parallel spokesman Sam Schwartz told the newspaper in a prepared statement.
“As such, Parallel/Goodblend is working with regulators to establish and execute a closure plan over the next 60 days.”
The closures will affect at least 76 workers, according to the Gazette.
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