Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 13, 2024 5:35 P.M.

(Center Township, PA) A medical marijuana dispensary is set to open at the location of the former King’s Restaurant in Center Township. The building has undergone a makeover and is set to start selling cannabis on Wednesday, March 13th according to sources.

Ascend Dispensary Outlet will be only the second medical marijuana dispensary to open in Beaver County since the state medicinal cannabis program started. The only other dispensary in the county is located in Aliquippa.

Under Pennsylvania law, medical marijuana use is legal for card carrying patients while recreational marijuana use is still illegal.

Chippewa Township is one of the only small municipalities in the state to have a decriminalization ordinance, in which they issue summary offense tickets for minor marijuana related offenses.