Medical marijuana-infused pizza goes on sale in America

Ermont Inc has created a weed-infused margherita pizza containing 125mg of THC
Ermont Inc, a medical marijuana dispensary in Massachusetts, has created a weed-infused cheese pizza
NBC Boston
Liz Connor10 June 2017

A Massachusetts medical marijuana dispensary has created a cannabis-infused pizza for patients who don’t want to smoke their weed or eat it in the form of other edibles.

The six-inch pot-filled pizza was designed by Ermont Inc, a medical marijuana business in Quincy, Boston.

The potent pizza’s ‘high’ comes courtesy of the tomato sauce, which is infused with 125mg of THC distillate, which is the psychoactive compound in cannabis.

Each small pizza is equivalent to a quarter of a joint or 12 medical edibles.

The snack was launched three weeks ago and is already proving a huge success, according to Ermont.

The company reports that they have sold around 200 pizzas at an eye-watering $38 (£29) each.

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Customers are limited in buying just two of the dishes at any one time, which come vacuum packed and frozen.

Only those holding a medical marijuana ID can purchase the pizzas.

Currently, there are around 19,000 people in Massachusetts who are legally allowed to purchase medical marijuana.

The company is hoping that the culinary invention will act as a more discreet way for its patients to consume medical marijuana.

Director of Operations Seth Yaffe said to the Boston Herald: 'I think people at first are kind of blown away that it is one of the better frozen pizzas that they have had, and the fact that it’s medicated is pretty exciting for them.

'We found that infusing the tomato sauce gave us a really good consistent pizza in terms of not only flavour, but ... a consistent dose, which is important for our patients.'

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