Columbia Care Inc., a cultivator, manufacturer and provider of cannabis products, will open a Cannabist store at 6979 S. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota today at 11:30 a.m. Each Cannabist location will have Forage, Columbia Care’s proprietary online cannabis discovery tool, which the company says is designed to streamline and customize the individual shopping experience for expert and novice patients alike. The web-based platform suggests curated products depending on the user’s desired mood and experience and syncs with their local dispensary's inventory and pricing to enable online orders. 

Cannabist shoppers will be able to choose from more than 100 products, including flower, extract, vaporizer cartridges, edibles, pre-rolled joints, tinctures and gear such as rolling papers, grinders, vaporizers and more. The store will serve patients with a medical card issued by the state of Florida.