(AP)  The final medical marijuana dispensary is set to open this week in North Dakota. The eighth dispensary is expected to open in Dickinson on Friday.

Division of Medical Marijuana director Jason Wahl says medical marijuana program has issued more than 1,850 identification cards to qualifying patients. Wahl says North Dakota is the first state in the nation to add an electronic option for patients, caregivers and agents of dispensaries and manufacturing facility.

Other dispensaries are located in Bismarck, Devils Lake, Fargo, Jamestown, Grand Forks, Minot and Williston.