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Medical cannabis provider adds Arlington to budding list of DFW pickup locations

The new pickup site in Arlington is the first to operate in the city.

North Texans are getting greater access to their medical cannabis prescriptions. Prominent statewide medical cannabis supplier Texas Originalhas opened its newest Dallas-Fort Worth location in Arlington, the first to operate in the city.

The new site is inside Organic Living at 801 East Abram St., Suite 203, Arlington. Pickups can be scheduled on Wednesdays between 11:30 am and 3 pm.

Texas Original CEO Nico Richardson says in a press release that his company's mission of changing Texans' lives through the use of medical cannabis is furthered by the addition of this fifth Dallas-Fort Worth location.

"We are focused on providing Texas with better, more convenient access to medical cannabis," says Richardson in the release. "Adding a pickup location in Arlington continues our work to expand access and bring medicine closer to hundreds of thousands of Dallas-Fort Worth residents seeking medical cannabis treatment."

Texas Original owns the largest distribution network in the state for medical cannabis, with four other locations throughout the Metroplex - in North Dallas, Frisco, Addison, and Fort Worth. According to their website, their hope is to change Texas' perspective on marijuana through "the power and the truth of medical cannabis."

"We work for physicians and their patients with current qualifying conditions to supply prescription cannabis that can change lives," the website says.

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.

Texas Original also has a service to deliver prescriptions directly to patients. According to a press release, their drivers recorded over 830,000 miles in 2022 while delivering medical cannabis prescriptions to patients' homes around the state.

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

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New Fort Worth restaurant HG Sply Co. catches fire days after it opens

Photo courtesy of HG Sply Co.

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A fire broke out at a restaurant that just opened in Fort Worth: The north Fort Worth location of HG Sply Co. caught on fire on November 15 — mere days after the restaurant opened in Alliance Town Center at 3351 Texas Sage Trail.

Restaurant management stated that they noticed the smell of smoke and smoke from vents as they were evacuating the restaurant. The Fort Worth Fire Department responded to the fire at the restaurant-bar at 12:55 pm.

"FWFD is working a multiple alarm commercial structure fire in the 3300 block of Texas Sage Trail," the department said. "This is an active fire as of 12:55PM and details are limited. If at all possible, please avoid this area as there are several fire apparatus and personnel on scene."

It was a two-alarm fire that caused damage to the chimney and injured one firefighter, who was treated for injuries at the scene and transported to a local clinic for evaluation. The fire has since been contained.

According to a Fort Worth Fire Department public information officer, there was an accidental fire in the chimney, which spread to the attic. Fox 4 had overhead footage showing two firetrucks on the scene, as well as a shot of the chimney, blackened by soot.

Management reported to the fire department that 40-50 employees and 35 customers were able to safely exit the building without injuries. A re-opening date has not been announced, but an employee said it would probably not be long.

"Yes, some water and smoke damage — fire damage, thankfully was from the fireplace structure," the employee said. "As our team get things cleaned up. We will be working hard to reopen asap."

HG Supply Co. was founded in Dallas in 2013, and has two other locations, in west Fort Worth and Trophy Club. Coincidentally, this new location just made CultureMap's monthly list of "Where to eat in Fort Worth right now."

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