
(Rick Bowmer | AP) Marc Babitz, left, deputy director with the Utah Department of Health and Richard Oborn, right, director of the health department's Center for Medical Cannabis talk during a hearing Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Utah's new medical marijuana program will launch on time in the coming weeks, though health officials said it will start small. One or two dispensaries are expected to open the first week of March, when people can begin getting patient cards that will allow them to legally buy the drug in the state.