Frye, of Buckhannon, was selected to be the first patient and first veteran customer of Trulieve’s medical cannabis dispensary during the Morgantown location’s grand opening on November 12, 2021.
After seven long years of rehabilitative therapy, he was finally medically retired from the Army in 2010 and returned home with a Purple Heart.
Legislators in the Mountain State legalized the use of medical cannabis in 2017, but those plans are finally just now coming to fruition four years later with the opening of West Virginia’s first dispensary.
“It took me a year and a half of weaning to come off of that poisonous substance and I’ve been clean since 2016.” Since quitting opioids, he said he has been utilizing CBD products and dealing with chronic daily pain, so finally being able to safely find relief at an affordable cost is a welcome change.
When asked what the place was like, he jokingly said, “It’s like CVS and Chuck E.
“I took the medication today, and so far, I am noticing a massive reduction in pain, but I am not experiencing intoxication or any psychotropic effects, so I am quite pleased,” he explained.
“We’re thrilled to be first to market in West Virginia and to continue building the foundation for the West Virginia’s emerging medical cannabis market,” said Trulieve CEO Kim Rivers.