Need medical marijuana? Picking up prescriptions is about to get easier in North Texas.

A Texas medical marijuana business is looking to expand access to prescription cannabis in the Metroplex.

Texas Original, a medical cannabis producer, is opening a location in Hurst, where patients who qualify for the Texas Compassionate Use Program can pick up prescribed marijuana.

The site at 760 Airport Freeway, Suite 300 D, opens Wednesday.

“This is simply one of the many steps right now that we’re working toward our mission, which is increasing access for Texans,” said Nico Richardson, the CEO of Texas Original. “Hurst was an obvious location. We have a very loyal and growing patient base within the direct Hurst area but also obviously within North Texas from Dallas, through to Fort Worth.”

Texas allows for use of low-THC cannabis to treat certain medical conditions, such as epilepsy, seizures, cancer and post traumatic stress disorder. In recent legislative sessions, there has been a push to expand Texas’ medical marijuana program to chronic pain when an opioid would otherwise be prescribed, but the effort has been unsuccessful.

Texas law is tough on marijuana offenses including illegal recreational use, including when purchased in neighboring states.

The new pickup site in Hurst will be a more permanent location for patients who currently have to either drive to Austin, have their prescriptions delivered to their homes, or stop by North Texas sites that are not open daily. These sites are in Frisco, Fort Worth, North Dallas, Addison and Arlington.

The Hurst location is Texas Original’s third permanent pick up site, in addition to Houston and its Austin dispensary where the cannabis is grown and products manufactured. The Hurst site initially will be open Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with plans to open six days a week in the coming months.

The Hurst location is not a dispensary where products are stored on site for inspection or immediate pickup. Instead customers would be able to place orders by phone or online, and then pick up their prescription during operating hours, Richardson said.

“Think of it almost as walking into CVS and getting your prescription and walking out,” he said.

Texas Original is covering one year’s worth of prescription costs for the first 75 Texas Compassionate Use Program qualifying patients who visit the Hurst site.