The legal sale of marijuana is here and the state is is ready to license more dispensaries to sell to adults over the age of 21. 

The state has closed its second round of taking applications for new stores to sell the drug. Toi Hutchinson, the state’s senior advisor on cannabis control says as the state reviews the next group of applicants she can see the obvious demand in the market for new storefronts to open.

Hutchinson says the state is prepared to license 75 new dispensaries by May 1st.