Dispensaries opened in Iowa over the weekend to sell medical marijuana products in the state for the first time. Patients with approved medical conditions were able to buy the products from five locations in the state. William Rose and his 13-year-old son Christian made one of the first purchases in Sioux City. They choose tinctures or drops that go under the tongue.  William says they’ve had a registration card to get a similar product in Colorado for Christian’s seizures. He says the drops have helped.

Rose says now his family doesn’t need to drive to Colorado every three months to get medical marijuana for his son. Medical marijuana is still federally illegal, and Rose says it was scary crossing state lines with it.

Nearly 15-hundred patients and caregivers across Iowa have state-approved cards that allow them to purchase products at one of five dispensaries.