The New York State Department of Health named the facilities that will receive the five licenses to grow and dispense medical marijuana – and the Johnson City-based facility was not one of them.

Salus Scientific, whose proposal included a growing facility in Johnson City and dispensary in Vestal as well as a collaboration with Binghamton University’s Pharmacy School, failed in its bid.

The five winning facilities are Etain, growing in Chestertown with dispensaries in Albany, Yonkers, Syracuse and Kingston; Bloomfield Industries, growing in Queens with dispensaries in Manhattan as well as Onondaga, Erie and Nassau counties; PharmaCann, growing in Orange County with dispensaries in the Bronx, Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse; Columbia Care NY, growing in Rochester with dispensaries in New York City as well as Rochester, Suffolk and Clinton Counties; and Empire State Health Solutions, which will

John Babich/Pipe Dream Photographer Binghamton University students celebrate Holi, the Indian festival of colors, by throwing different powders and water balloons at one another. Hosted by the Hindu Student Council (HSC) and the Delta Epsilon Psi fraternity, the event raised money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The New York State Department of Health named the facilities that will receive the five licenses to grow and dispense medical marijuana – and the Johnson City-based facility was not one of them.

Salus Scientific, whose proposal included a growing facility in Johnson City and dispensary in Vestal as well as a collaboration with Binghamton University’s Pharmacy School, failed in its bid.

The five winning facilities are Etain, growing in Chestertown with dispensaries in Albany, Yonkers, Syracuse and Kingston; Bloomfield Industries, growing in Queens with dispensaries in Manhattan as well as Onondaga, Erie and Nassau counties; PharmaCann, growing in Orange County with dispensaries in the Bronx, Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse; Columbia Care NY, growing in Rochester with dispensaries in New York City as well as Rochester, Suffolk and Clinton Counties; and Empire State Health Solutions, which will

Salus Scientific, whose proposal included a growing facility in Johnson City and dispensary in Vestal as well as a collaboration with Binghamton University’s Pharmacy School, failed in its bid.

The five winning facilities are Etain, growing in Chestertown with dispensaries in Albany, Yonkers, Syracuse and Kingston; Bloomfield Industries, growing in Queens with dispensaries in Manhattan as well as Onondaga, Erie and Nassau counties; PharmaCann, growing in Orange County with dispensaries in the Bronx, Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse; Columbia Care NY, growing in Rochester with dispensaries in New York City as well as Rochester, Suffolk and Clinton Counties; and Empire State Health Solutions, which will