“We had a death in Holzer Medical Center ER in that time frame… We have no report yet on the cause of death. We don’t know if it’s related or not.”
By Jake Zuckerman, Signal Cleveland
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A marijuana dispensary in Southeast Ohio closed after two customers reported what have only been described as “serious adverse health effects” after using a vape pen they bought there.
The Herbal Wellness Center, a Vext Sciences dispensary in Jackson, on Friday said it voluntarily closed shop at the request of the Ohio Division of Cannabis Control (DCC).
“At this time, the Company is not aware of any substantiated evidence establishing that any Vext product caused or contributed to either reported medical event,” the company said.
Neither the state nor the company have been willing to describe the two health events or answer whether anyone is reported to have died. A spokesman for the county coroner said a person died at a nearby ER within five or six days of the dispensary’s shutdown, but it’s unknown whether the death is related to any product sold there.
Scott Everett, the
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