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Top Texas medical cannabis provider sprouts new DFW pickup location

Medical cannabis is a budding market in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Popular medical cannabis supplier Texas Original continues its expansion through Dallas-Fort Worth with the opening of its first-ever permanent pickup location in Hurst.

Texas Original's new shop opened August 9 at 760 Airport Fwy. #300 D. The shop provides its full range of medical cannabis products to patients through the Texas Compassionate Use Program (CUP).

“Patients deserve safe and reasonable access to medical cannabis, and we’re excited to bring that to our neighbors in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,” says Texas Original CEO Nico Richardson in a release. “Delivering life-changing medicine to every Texan who needs it is our North Star."

The new shop follows a recent opening of another location in Arlington in June. The medical cannabis company operates the largest distribution network in Texas, with four additional pickup locations throughout DFW: North Dallas, Frisco, Fort Worth, and Addison. Texas Original also offers a delivery service to bring prescriptions to patients.

The new Hurst shop provides the most convenient location for most customers in the growing northeast Tarrant County corridor, including those in Colleyville, Bedford, Euless, Grapevine, and Southlake.

"Since opening the state’s first medical cannabis dispensary in 2018, we’ve committed to making high-quality, Texas-grown medicine more accessible across the state,” Richardson says.

According to their website, Texas Original's hope is to change Texans' perspective on marijuana through "the power and the truth of medical cannabis."

Conditions that are treated with medical cannabis include many neurodegenerative disorders, neuropathy, PTSD, and epilepsy. Texans with one of these conditions can get a prescription through their physician or an online clinic that is registered with the Compassionate Use Registry of Texas.

Pickups in Hurst can be scheduled weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 10 am and 4:30 pm. Texas Original has future plans to expand its operating hours to six days a week.

More information about Texas Original and its newest Hurst location can be found on their website.

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Dallas swings a spot on new list of most fun cities in U.S. for 2024

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Dallas just wants to have fun, according to WalletHub's new ranking of the most fun cities in America in 2024.

The annual report ranked Dallas No. 31 out of 182 U.S. cities.

WalletHub's experts compared each city using 65 metrics to determine their level of "fun." Metrics were split among three main categories: entertainment and recreation, nightlife and parties, and cost.

According to the study's findings, Dallas was 24th nationally in the category for nightlife and parties, and ranked No. 39 in the "entertainment and recreation" category. That may be especially alluring for anyone who wants to explore the city's vast entertainment opportunities (especially during the holiday season), family-friendly recreational activities, top dining destinations, and more. Plus, Dallas is home to entertainment juggernauts like the State Fair of Texas and TopGolf.

Dallas performed poorly in the overall cost category, earning No. 114 out of all 182 cities. However, this category mostly compares flat costs rather than affordability based on local cost of living.

Potential new Dallasites should do their research before deciding to move here, rather than basing their decision on short trips and vacations alone. But we won't blame them for wanting to live in one of the best cities in the world.

"The top cities offer affordable options for year-round fun for their residents, which is good for residents’ wallets and their mental health," said WalletHub analyst Chip Lupo in the report.

Austin (No. 6) and Houston (No. 9) were the only Texas cities to earn a spot in the top 10 most fun U.S. cities list. Austin moved up one spot from last year, while Houston made a 10-place jump.

Other fun-filled Texas cities that made it in the top 100 are El Paso (No. 53), Fort Worth (No. 55), Plano (No. 78), Arlington (No. 79), and Corpus Christi (No. 99).

The top 10 most fun U.S. cities are:

No. 1 – Las Vegas, Nevada
No. 2 – Orlando, Florida
No. 3 – Miami, Florida
No. 4 – Atlanta, Georgia
No. 5 – New Orleans, Louisiana
No. 6 – Austin, Texas
No. 7 – San Francisco, California
No. 8 – Chicago, Illinois
No. 9 – Houston, Texas
No. 10 – New York City, New York

Cities were evaluated based on the number of attractions per capita, nightlife activities per capita, the average prices for eating at a restaurant or buying a movie ticket, and more. Data was sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, The Trust for Public Land, and the Council for Community and Economic Research, among others.

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