Patients looking to obtain medical marijuana locally will have to wait a bit longer for the facility to open in downtown Bradford.

“We ran into some redesign issues. Hopefully we will be opening by the end of July,” said Dr. Glen Mesaros, chief medical officer of DuBois Wellness Center LLC.

Hangups are “essentially better patient flow and security,” he told The Era on Thursday.

The outside of the former Mexican restaurant looks the same –– with La Mixteca Mexican Restaurant still written on the building at 109 Main St. and the front door reads Downtown Grill. Meanwhile, the inside looks at least somewhat gutted.

In April, Mesaros said officials were hoping for a late May opening, pending state inspection/approval and before that, by the end of March. Plans also called for the facility to receive a certificate of occupancy Jan. 18, pass inspections required to begin operations Jan. 20 and start operations Jan. 25.

The pharmacy will be just under 2,000 square feet. Initially, there will be seven to 10 employees.

Mesaros said previously the property would be gutted to “create a welcoming, state-of-the-art medical facility that meets the requirements of the state and will exceed the expectations of our patients.”

Several conditions would be allowed to be treated with medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, autism, cancer, Crohn’s disease, damage to the nervous tissue of the spinal cord with objective neurological indication of intractable spasticity, epilepsy, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, Huntington’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease, intractable seizures, multiple sclerosis, neuropathies, Parkinson’s disease, post-traumatic stress disorder, sickle cell anemia or severe chronic or intractable pain of neuropathic origin or severe chronic or intractable pain in which conventional therapeutic intervention and opiate therapy is rejected or ineffective.

Only one doctor is able to prescribe medical marijuana in the region, and that is Dr. Donald Rudick at 761 Johnsonburg Road, St. Marys.

Dispensaries have opened in Pennsylvania, including 2105 N. Atherton St., State College; 201 Pillow St., Butler; and 5600 Forward Ave., Pittsburgh.

The Medical Marijuana Program became effective May 17, 2016, and is expected to be fully implemented this year.

For more information on the program, see https://www.pa.gov/guides/pennsylvania-medical-marijuana-program/