Vireo Health of New York Albany

This dispensary is proof NY is not treating medical marijuana like medicine. First off, the staff turned me away because I have never had a consultation there and there were busy. They claimed a first time visit requires a consultation per NY law. This is untrue, so either the staff is misinformed or they flat-out lied. Then I went to my normal dispensary and it turns out, they're carrying a couple Vireo products now. I got an eighth of KKS. When I got home and dumped it out to properly grind it, (I'm use to Curaleaf which needs to be ground a bit better), I found it was dust. Such dust that you can't even put it in anything because it falls right through the screen in the vape and no way a glass bowl will hold it. I got out some other bud I had, actual bud, and put that in the bottom of the bowl and the Vireo KKS on top. One hit and knew I was ripped off. It was not cured properly and tastes of plant matter/grass. Again, it's so dusty it's barely useable. It's super harsh. I honestly haven't smoked something this gross, this harsh, this plain trash since the 90s when brick weed was prevalent (google it, I bet a lot of you have never seen brick weed). Also, I pulled a half gram of stem out of the eighth. That's $7.50 I paid for stem, to pick it out and throw it in the trash. In summary, Vireo turned away a medical patient while lying about the reason, violating NY law. Their flower is brick weed dried and ground to dust. Not only should no one buy anything from these people, they should be shut down by the state and charged with misrepresenting medicine.

Very nice place. Had questions about what is a good level of THC. Friendly customer service. Wanted an extra pre-roll and they filled it for me on the spot. More of a medical setting, you won't see budtender counters, but still professional and helpful.