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Happy March! I love the early springtime. Getting the garden ready, thinking my baseball team really has a chance this year (Go Giants!), planning ahead for 4/20 (cough, come see me at The Punchline in San Francisco, cough) and generally enjoy-ing the warmer temperatures all serve to put my mind at ease.

However, I can’t relax. The situation in Los Angeles is most likely going to get worse before it gets better. ASA, and a host of other groups will most likely sue the city over its misguided attempt to regulate medical cannabis dispensaries out of business. So, instead of collecting revenues from the collectives (not to mention the thousands of jobs the collectives provide in a city with 12% unemployment), Los An-geles, and the dispensaries, will have to expend money on court costs and lawyer’s fees. This is a lose/lose situation for both parties. If the City Council had held firm on their moratorium of a few years ago, and not allowed a loophole that they waited years to even try to close, all of this could have been avoided. It’s a damn shame.

And, over in Colorado, Chris Bartkowicz has been arrested by the DEA and is facing 30 years in prison. You can read about it in our news section. No one should ever go to jail for using or growing cannabis. That being said, let me say this: Please stop acting like Marijuana is already legal! We’ve come a long way. People have way more leeway. But please, please, please don’t brag about your garden on TV (Chris Bartko-wicz), don’t make music videos saying, ”Fuck the DEA” (Scarmazzo and Montes), and don’t get quoted in the NYT saying that the feds can’t touch you (Scott Imler). Work hard for legalization. Stand up for your rights. Don’t brag. That is all.

This month, Subcool shows us how to transplant. Patrick James asks some ques-tions, about which way the movement is headed, we review a book about marijuana being safer than alcohol, RachiBake makes a steak, and more in this issue. Thanks again to everyone who works so hard to get this magazine together. I couldn’t do it without you. And many huge thanks to out sponsors and advertisers. Please support them and please tell them you saw their ad in West Coast Cannabis Magazine. Thanks!

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9 Regulating Cannabis James Patrick

16 Mediation Daniel M. Bornstein

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36 Marijuana is SAFER James Patrick

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As the medical cannabis industry turns the corner to a bona fide legitimate powerhouse in the healthcare industry, and law enforcement struggles to build straw man arguments against the use of cannabis medi-cines, one word keeps coming up with both proponents and opponents of cannabis….REGULATION. For almost 15 years Californians have been using medical cannabis with very few (maybe zero) reports of any damaging effects of it to patients. The challenge is that legislators and public officials charged with imposing regulatory standards have shied away from the responsibility for political reasons. But now we hear law enforcement, city attorneys, medical pro-fessionals, cannabis organizations, and patients calling for real and meaningful regulations. Regulations provide more than just the proper framework for how cannabis should be produced, distributed, handled, and used. They provide legitimacy to an industry that has operated in the shadows for too long.

The call for regulations has come from both sides of the argument, as those who oppose medical cannabis say that the problem is there is no regulation and those who support medical cannabis say that they want proper regulation to ensure they are operating within the bounds of the law. Regulations can cover a number of areas, including community issues (such as zoning limitations),

safety protocols (such as establishing approved methods of production), fiscal regulations (like not for profit guide-lines), and regulations for how doctors should recommend cannabis. The calls for these types of guidelines are becom-ing more frequent in the press, in city council and legisla-tive forums, and in medical cannabis advocacy forums. These protections can be instilled in a number of ways, in-cluding governmental control agencies, and self-regulatory organizations. The problem is that the legal limbo between state and federal laws makes it difficult to establish methods of providing these types of regulatory practices without interference from larger federal regulatory agencies, like the FDA and DEA.

The easiest and most common area of regula-tion is regulating the physical location of collectives and their basic operational procedures (security practices, hours of operation, and zoning requirements, etc). Many cities have taken steps towards accomplishing this by passing ordinances for medical cannabis dispensing collectives. Oakland passed one of the first ordinances in 2005 regulat-ing the amount of collectives that could operate in town af-ter a concentration of collectives drew attention from media sources and the now infamous area known as Oaksterdam became big news. This groundbreaking ordinance was met with much resistance, as some 30 businesses were shut down, leaving only 4 entities for patient access.

Regulating CannabisThe Challenges FaCing The emerging Cannabis indusTryBy James Patrick

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The positive factor was that it licensed and regulated col-lectives and legitimized the efforts of those that remained. Since then, up to 40 municipalities have legitimized collectives and across the state there is a large network of patient access points. These different regulations vary in restriction and allowance is-sues, such as sensitive proximities, oversight methods, security requirements, on-site consumption, and operational hours; but they all do clearly state that if a MCDC operates within the bounds of the ordinances then they are allowed to exist. This is a plus for patients in those areas. The confusing part is that many municipalities, in absence of clear guidance from the state on how to regulate, have outright banned collectives or made such restrictive measures that they act as a de facto ban. Measures and regulations are meant to ensure that public safety is addressed and that collectives are not a nuisance in the com-munities they serve. Unfortunately, most of the debate has been about the legitimacy of cannabis as medicine, how easy it is for patients to obtain a recommendation, and why a community needs these types of services, with public officials all too often playing the role of doctor, instead of legislator.

A difficult area of proper regulation is control-ling the safety and efficacy issues that come with producing and providing medicine. While there have been many regula-tions passed on how collectives operate, there has yet to be an ordinance addressing how medicines are produced, procured, handled, packaged, labeled and dispensed. There are no guide-lines established by authorities stating best practices for the manufacturing of the cannabis, which has some law enforce-ment and public officials using this as reasoning as to why cannabis medicines are unsafe for the community. For decades there have been strict limitations on research into and testing of cannabis due to its Schedule 1 status requiring strict oversight and limited sources for authorized testing samples and pro-cedures. It is a real catch-22. The DEA and other enforcement agencies constantly state that cannabis has not been researched enough to be a viable medical treatment, but these same agen-cies stifle research by disallowing any sources of cannabis to be studied except for the limited strains of poor quality produced under DEA supervision at the University of Mississippi. Pro-fessor Lyle Craker (UMass Amherst) applied for a license to produce cannabis for research purposes. His application was rejected by DEA officials, seemingly more of a political state-ment as opposed to one bearing any scientific validity. Craker has filed for a motion of reconsideration. For now, The Govern-ment continues to have a monopoly on the supply of cannabis for FDA approved research studies.

After 72 years, the American Medical Associa-tion adopted a resolution calling for the rescheduling of can-nabis to ease the way for more research, stating "Our American Medical Association (AMA) urges that marijuana's status as a federal Schedule I controlled substance be reviewed with the goal of facilitating the conduct of clinical research and devel-opment of cannabinoid-based medicines. This should not be viewed as an endorsement of state-based medical cannabis pro-grams, the legalization of marijuana, or that scientific evidence on the therapeutic use of cannabis meets the current standards for a prescription drug product." This change in policy comes after evidence of medical efficacy and increased social change regarding cannabis as a medicine has become too overwhelm-ing to ignore. The need to test the drug is imperative, as it could provide relief and comfort to millions of patients who currently have no access to these therapies.

Testing and verification also need to be estab-lished to ensure that the supply of medicine reaching patients is safe and free from contaminants like pesticides, molds, and diseases. It also needs to be tested for its active compounds so that patients and providers have a clearer picture of what types and strength of medicines are best for a particular patient’s needs. Understanding these better will help patients, as they will be sure their medicine is produced safely and that the level

[Regulations] provide legitimacy to an industry that has operated in the shadows for too long.


of active ingredients are what they need to relieve their afflic-tions. In the absence of government oversight and allowance, many organizations have tried to fill this gap in patients care.

The Medical Cannabis Safety Council is one organization in the process of developing a program of best practices and methods of testing to help educate and oversee the possibility of a self-regulatory model. This process has posed many challenges. In such a vast movement of different viewpoints and opinions, it is often hard to convince people that change and procedure are necessary. Getting buy-in at every level is essential to making a project like this work and the MCSC has gone to great lengths to include input and ideas from all areas of the industry, as well as scientific and medi-cal professionals, to ensure that a plan is thorough and fair. They have also began working on methods to test cannabis for contaminants and potency, which has been a cumbersome process given the strict limitations and access to labs willing to do this work. They are hoping to have a program developed soon; understanding that vast research into the process must be done to ensure that the findings are accurate and verifiable. Other areas they are looking to define to help develop a sound self regulatory organization are nomenclature (how do we refer to the medicine), safe handling (what are the appropri-ate measures for producing, handling, storing, dispensing, and using cannabis medicines), research (what else needs to be understood about these medicines), and education (how to best inform patients, providers, and the public of these

methods and findings). This worthwhile effort could provide a great tool for those in the industry and for those hoping to see proper regulation of the industry. Many industries have self-regulatory bodies, as those working in these industries are often more apt to be informed on proper techniques than a government bureaucracy.

Other groups have set up laboratories to begin testing medicines for THC, CBD, CBN levels and for the harmful presence of molds and mildews. DEA agents recently raided two labs in Colorado (Full Spectrum and Genovation) after the labs applied for the proper licensing to test canna-bis. Several armed agents raided the two labs, in an effort to enforce laws governing laboratories and remove the “illegal” cannabis from the premises. It would seem that the DEA’s argument stating there is not enough testing on cannabis for it to be allowed as a medicine is only superseded by their belief that testing of cannabis should never be allowed. These are the hurdles that face our community in the context of regulation due to the draconian restrictions placed on researching and understanding the cannabis plant. Some municipalities, including Los Angeles and Long Beach, have put regulations in their ordinances regarding collectives that all medicine must be tested for contaminants, but it is unclear how this is supposed to take place.

Another contentious issue is how to implement fiscal regulations that ensure that collectives in California


are operating under the current not-for-profit requirements. Responsible accounting is a concern of many local municipali-ties who are interested in the tax revenues and business taxes of these organizations, but want to make sure that folks aren’t taking home millions of dollars in revenue from these enterprises. It has been a contentious issue that has arisen more frequently since August of 2008 when the California Attorney General released non-binding guidelines that called for all organizations to oper-ate in a non-profit or not-for-profit manner. The guidelines state that “reasonable compensation” for cannabis services is allowed, but no one is quite sure what that means. It is a subjective term at best, meaning what is reasonable to one person may seem exorbitant to another. It is also controversial, as these organiza-tions are required to pay full taxes on sales and income, which most non-profits do not. Municipalities are unsure how to ensure compliance because disclosure of records also means releasing patient information. Patient members for the collective must produce all medicines for the collective, meaning that the cost of goods receipts would also include information on patients who produce it. This may violate constitutional rights, including 5th Amendment protections against self-incrimination. Collectives in Dana Point are ensnarled in this legal battle with the city, as the city issued subpoenas of their records in an effort to ensure they were operating legally before deciding on regulating them in an ordinance. It is a complex regulatory matter that will most likely be decided in court.

Regulation of doctors is also an issue, as many have been accused of writing recommendations for cannabis patients in haste and for trivial reasons. Recently the Colorado Legislature introduced legislation that would attempt to alter the current patient-doctor relationship by placing extensive requirements for recommending these treatments, including getting a second opinion and having an ongoing relationship. It would seem that this backlash is an attempt to diminish the role of doctors that specialize in recommending cannabis. It would also be a form of unfair discrimination, as doctors are allowed to prescribe drugs that are way more dangerous than cannabis without these types of restrictions. In California, there have been complaints filed against doctors, but no formal regulation controlling their practices has been introduced.

The fact is: regulation of the medical cannabis (and, eventually, adult-use cannabis) industries is inevitable. When the issue quits being so controversial and the powers-at-be realize that cannabis is here to stay, they will press forward with ways of controlling the market and creating assurances in production and distribution methods. As an industry we have to decide if we are going to accept some restrictions in exchange for legitimacy, or if we are going to go kicking and screaming. The truth is, that even with little regulation there have been very few incidents where cannabis, dispensing, col-lectives, producers of medicines, or patients have harmed or been harmed by the current industry practices.

As a patient, I would love to see methods of educating and controlling the supply chain to ensure that the products I get are of the highest quality and meet a minimum set of standards. I would be happy to know that the person responsible for grow-ing, packaging, and dispensing my medicine followed some sort of protocol, the same way the person who makes my food at a restaurant or treats my cold at a clinic follows normal standards of practice. I would love it if safe access were a reality all over the state and not just in limited pockets that allow for it at this time. I would be glad to know that organizations were handling their collective finances appropriately, as I wish all healthcare services were operated in a non-profit manner. It is unclear how these regulations will come into play. The call for urgency on this matter continues to grow, so it is only a matter of time before regulation becomes a reality. As an industry we must ask ourselves if we want to develop a self-regulatory model, or allow for a government agency that knows little about using, produc-ing, and dispensing cannabis to do it for us. At this time it could go either way, but be sure that it is going to go some way sooner rather than later.

The fact is: regulation of the medical cannabis (and, eventually, adult-use cannabis) industries is inevitable.

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All of us participating in the medical marijuana industry

share similar goals: to ensure that me-dicinal marijuana is accessible, safe and legal. However, this industry is still fraught with personal, professional, and financial risk.

Whether you are a vendor, landlord, patient, dispensary owner, or industry service provider, disputes will inevi-tably arise. These disputes naturally create stress, financial worry, and anxi-ety over potential criminal sanction. Because the industry is still evolving from its past underground culture/status, disputes with your business partner(s) can unfortunately lead to false accusations, extortion, threats to one’s safety, and/or other financial/per-sonal danger. In order to better protect yourself from these risks, you must anticipate potential disputes and their successful resolution. Agreeing with industry partners to mediate before a dispute arises is smart, prudent and cost effective.

Private, confidential mediation is espe-cially important for those in our indus-try. Admittedly, facets of the medical marijuana industry operate within a gray area of law. Although medical marijuana is legal in many states, it re-

Mediation for Medical Marijuana Business disputes: Effective, Efficient, and Smart

By Daniel M. Bornstein


mains illegal pursuant to federal law. While the Obama admin-istration has articulated a more accommodating policy toward medicinal marijuana, it is not a settled area of law and prone to shifting political priorities. There always remains a risk that a disenchanted business partner reports another to federal agencies for investigation/pros-ecution. Further, it is less than ideal to pursue public litigation through the courts for disputes arising within our industry. As a result, mediation is the best solution. Most importantly, me-diations are confidential. This is obviously of great importance because any publication of a medicinal marijuana dispute is unwise as it might subject one to criminal investigation/sanction.

Mediation also helps preserve existing business relationships. Unlike litigation, mediation brings both parties to a volun-tary agreement. Each party has the opportunity to present their side of the dispute to a neutral person. Working together to-ward a solution prompts coop-eration and mends relationships. Lawsuits, and even binding arbitration, are polarizing and can destroy business relation-ships rather than preserve them. Studies have shown that parties who use mediation are more satisfied than parties who re-solve disputes through litigation. In mediation, parties are able to talk about all the issues that are generating friction and come to a solution that takes into account problems that are more complex than just money.

Mediation is also cost and time effective when compared to dispute resolution through

the court system. In tradi-tional litigation, attorneys’ fees increase rapidly, as do filing fees and other ancillary costs. Ad-ditionally, businesses waste time and money preparing for trial. Mediation can resolve disputes more quickly. When a lawsuit is filed, it may take a year or more for the issues to be decided by a judge/jury. Mediation moves more quickly because the par-ties merely have to agree on a mediator and a convenient time to meet.

So, how does a business owner use mediation? It is important to incorporate a mediation clause in all business agree-ments. Courts have generally found that mediation clauses are enforceable. A good medi-ation clause will state that par-ties will use mediation to settle all disputes before resorting to the courts. The clause will also address how the mediator will be selected. The following is a sample mediation clause that you may insert into your contracts whether the contract is simple or complex.

MEDIATION OF DISPUTES Mediation is a voluntary infor-mal attempt to resolve a dis-pute with the help of a neutral individual who has no deci-sion-making authority. In the event a dispute related to this Contract shall arise, the parties agree to attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute through private confidential mediation. The parties agree to partici-pate in at least four (4) hours of mediation, and the parties agree to share equally the costs of the mediation. The parties shall select a mediator who is knowledgeable in the medical

marijuana industry to adminis-ter the mediation proceedings. Any party may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for an order compelling appearance at mediation, and the court shall award all expenses, including attorney fees, incurred by the petitioning party.

Failing to prepare for dispute resolution is risky if not down-right dangerous to businesses in our industry. Moreover, me-diation helps preserve relation-ships and unity in the medical marijuana movement. There-fore, preparing your business to resolve conflicts amicably through private mediation is not

only smart for your business, but also socially responsible to our cause.

Daniel Bornstein is an experi-enced attorney, mediator, law professor, and participant in the medical marijuana industry. He is a founding partner of the Law Offices of Bornstein and Born-stein, the founder of Confiden-tial Mediation Services, and the owner of Medithrive Medical Marijuana Provider.

© 2010 Daniel M. Bornstein

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I always place clones and new seeds into 1 gallon nursery pots without any Super Soil (find the Super Soil recipe online at www.westcoastcannabis.com) or added nutrients Use a good, balanced potting soil that won’t burn your baby plants. They will only stay in these smaller pots for a few weeks while the roots get established and while you shape and top them. It's very important to not procrastinate when it is time to transplant out of these smaller containers. If you get lazy and let your small plants sit around in their starter containers, it will slow the transition process after transplanting. I have seen firsthand the huge difference when I gave

some clones to medical marijuana patient. The day I transplanted, I had 4 extra clones that I passed to him. Instead of transplanting right away, he waited until they were root bound and looking poorly. I was able to harvest 30 days before him and the quality and quantity difference was hard to believe. My method is not for the lazy or procrastinating type. The more on top of each technique you become, the better each harvest will become as well.

When I am ready to transplant into the final pots, I use #10 nursery pots that will hold a full 7 gallons of liquid. Seven may not sound much bigger than a 5, but let me tell you these slanted #10 pots hold a bunch of soil! Make sure to lift properly using your legs and not your back when moving

one that has just been watered. Not everyone agrees that a large container is needed, but in side by side tests, over and over we see a dramatic differ-ence when the larger pot is used. The larger capacity also allows more time in between watering, and that extra day can mean an extra day away from the garden or at least more time to do other chores.

I fill each pot half full with the Super Soil. I then fill the top half with plain potting soil. This buffers the roots and gives the plants time to get used to the hot soil I use.

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early than to over feed and burn your plants up. There are strains that are light feeders (like Cheese) that can't take any Super Soil and for these we use straight Roots soil or BioBiz light. Plants grown in this organic method produce amazingly potent, smooth and tasty buds and the loss of yield is small. Some strains can grow fast and have heavy nutrient requirements. For these plants, top dressing half way through the flowering phase can be beneficial.

After the first step, we then layer some

plain commercial potting soil on top of the concentrate, about 2" worth. Then we use our hands or a small trowel to lightly mix the two layers. This allows the plant to be buffered as it hits the “hot” soil on bottom.

Then we go ahead and fill the container with plain potting soil, leaving a small hole in the center.

It’s important to water the plants well before transplanting. This helps prevent shock. A nice damp root ball will make a happy plant. Gently flip the plant upside down. Whack the bottom of the plant with palm of your hand to loosen the root ball. Support the plant by placing your hand on the pot, allowing stem to protrude though fingers. Remove from pot and support the base. Flip

the plant upright and place in hole made into the soil making sure the root ball is even with the top of the soil. Gently pack the soil level around the root ball and don’t forget your label.

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Top DressingTop dressing can really make a huge differ-ence in your harvest. If used wisely and at the proper time it can be an inexpensive way to ensure your plants have all the nutri-ents they need to go full term while still not overfeeding the plants.

Using Super Soil and the methods I have shown here, by day 28 in bud, your plants


have been in the large containers for almost 2 full months. You should notice that the soil is much lighter than when it was first filled up at transplant. The plant has now convert-

ed much of the organic material into a 5-6 foot bush, and if we don’t take action now on a garden this large, we could experience early fade and loss of yields. We could simply

feed the plants a quality organic bloom food (and we still may need to as these huge plants enter the 5th week) , but many of our strains will finish perfectly with just a few extra inches of Super soil layered on top just before a watering.

Top dressing requires knowing your plants. You cannot wait until you see deficiencies. You have to know your garden well enough to apply the top dressing before any signs of yellowing appear. I use Super soil to top dress. It is slightly hot for new plants, but as a top dressing it works wonders and you can see the leaves reach for the sky after a top dressing and watering. At week four, I re-move one row and clean out any dead leaves or straggling shoots and use a small bucket and measuring cup to place about 2-4” of Super soil on top of the existing soil. I like to do this when the plants need watering and I can wet the added soil down really well.

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DRAGONFLYOur very own Chronisseur, Dragonfly De la Luz travels the world in search of the best cannabis and evaluates strains ranging from the popular and plentiful to the rare and exotic. Get High with Dragonfly every month in West Coast Cannabis Magazine.

Blue Dream

(sativa hybrid)When my boyfriend first took

a bong-rip of Blue Dream, he fell backward and ended up on the streets of Bangkok without leaving his living room. And he's never even actually been to Bangkok. When I puffed Blue Dream for the first time, reality as I knew it ceased to exist. All I knew was Blue Dream. I had been in the middle of a sentence when I was passed the joint, but never even attempted to pick up that conversation again. Whatever reality I was in before my first hit of Blue Dream was no longer relevant. “What are you smiling about?” someone asked me after noticing my long moments of contented silence. “So, this is Blue Dream,” I finally spoke. “Wwwowww...”

A sativa-dominant cross between DJ Short’s original Blueberry and Super Silver Haze, Blue Dream is among the most popular strains found in Northern California today. It’s almost… too popular. It is easily one of the most common strains offered at California medical cannabis collectives, and every commercial grower seems to be growing lots of it. Blue Dream is pervasive to the point of overkill. It is so common, I literally found a prescription bottle labeled Blue Dream—that still had nugs in it—languishing in the gutter on Haight and Ashbury. Apparently, even the San Francisco street kids were over it.

But there is a reason why Blue Dream has reached such excessive prevalence. Once you smoke it, you’ll see why. Blue Dream is fast becoming

a new favorite among chronnoisseurs. It completely takes over your senses. All you see, smell, taste, and feel is Blue Dream. Its bluish-purple hue with frosty sparkles makes it look like it got blasted to Earth from some intergalactic candy land. Its

high crystal content delights your sense of touch, teasing your fingers with its resinous stickiness. Its deep, fruity smell is the reason you were born with a nose. For the first several moments, you can focus on little more than, “Holy wha??? Whoa, what’s

“So, this is Blue Dream. . . .Wwwowww...”


happening…” But once you adjust to your new altitude, you’ll find Blue Dream to be quite a functional high.

The smell off the grinder: Fruity blueberry aroma with a subtle hint of haze.

The dry hit: Blueberry pancake flavor with an earthy bottom end, topped with a slight floral quality.

The flavor: Fruity blueberry. (Remember those blue Lucky Charms?) The blueberry flavor gives way to a tinge of menthol in the aftertaste, with strong hints of vanilla and an underlying lavender aroma adding to its complexity. There is a subtle detection of a sort of exotic wood taste that might remind you of Nag Champa or some other highly aromatic incense.

The cloud: Blue Dream has a distinct smell that lingers long after the joint has been smoked and whatever you were just talking about has been completely wiped from your memory. The scent of haze is most apparent in the cloud. If you walk into a room where Blue Dream has just been smoked, you’ll likely recognize it immediately, if the grins of stoned happiness aren’t evidence enough.

The high: Blue Dream delivers instant contentment. Many find Blue Dream to be a great daytime high, suitable for energetic activity. Personally, I prefer to smoke it just before bedtime—when there is nothing else I want to accomplish that day. That’s because on Blue Dream, what once seemed important suddenly becomes quite obviously irrelevant. The things I need to do today suddenly can wait until next month, no problem.

In spite of its high sativa content, Blue Dream usually leaves me completely incapacitated. Not in a bad way. It doesn’t cause couch-lock as much as it simply demands your complete attention, like a jealous, but worthy, lover. Just one toke and all my plans are out the window. I don’t remember what I was doing before the puff and I don’t care. I’m incapable of focusing on anything that isn’t Blue Dream—not because I can’t, but because I just don’t care to do anything that interrupts my experience of such an epic high. I smoked Blue Dream and went dancing and didn’t actually dance at all—and Nickodemus was playing! But I really got into my high. Certainly the most suitable activity I have found for Blue Dream is snuggling, which may say more about

my snuggle love than this strain. But I have noticed profound thoughts and an inclination toward philosophizing are prominent cerebral effects, as well. After one hour, we noticed a feeling of happy contentment and that we had all become quite talkative. If you smoke it alone, you might wish you had other people around to muse with, or maybe you’ll be content to just explore your own mind.

Blue Dream gives good head highs, great for stimulating conversation. But it is balanced with an undeniable body high, giving way to a calm, relaxing effect. Its faint indica lineage is detectable only in the aspect of its occasionally stony high. I find it optimal as an evening high, great for relaxing after a long day. It soothes your muscles and mellows your mind without knocking you out, keeping you alert and present enough to engage in conversation and other mental activity. If you’re battling restlessness, Blue Dream will have you perfectly content just being.

The grow: Blue Dream is a grower’s dream. This clone-only strain is easy to grow, has a short flowering time, and boasts very large yields of dank, crystalline buds. The long, skinny leaves characteristic of sativa strains allow for light penetration deep into the canopy of the plant. It’s an uncommonly high yielder for a sativa strain, with a refreshingly short flowering time of 6-7 weeks. The buds are big, dense, and frosty, turning bluish-purple under the right conditions. Even though it is relatively easy to grow, it does take an experienced grower and a kind heart to bring out its best qualities. The only drawback to growing Blue Dream is that everybody and their grandma—probably even your grandma—is already growing it!

In spite of the fact that it is losing its appeal from a commercial standpoint due to its near-epidemic proliferation, Blue Dream still has all the characteristics of a connoisseur strain that will leave you dreamy-eyed. For best results, smoke in the dark while listening to Radiohead!

You just got blue dreamy-eyed. Look for Blackberry Kush and Massachusetts Super Skunk in upcoming issues of West Coast Cannabis. Got a strain you want to see covered in Getting High with Dragonfly? Write her at: [email protected]

It simply demands your complete attention, like a jealous, but worthy, lover.


It is not often that the title of a book makes such a clear and evident point that it reasons with the reader long before the first page is ever turned. The title, Marijuana is SAFER: So why are we driving people to drink?, jumps off the cover of the book so vividly that any reasonable human being has to take a look at it and ask themselves that very question. The book is a reasonable approach to an ever-growing dialogue that is happening in America more and more everyday. The authors have hit the shelves right on time to be at the center point of one of our nation’s most lively current debate—Why is cannabis illegal while other more dangerous drugs are legal?

The book’s authors are all accomplished activists and leaders of the cannabis community. Mason Tvert is the executive director for Safer Alternative for Enjoy-able Recreation (SAFER), a Colorado based organization working on exposing the fallacies of cannabis prohibi-tion. He is also on the Denver Marijuana Policy Review Panel. Paul Armentano is the deputy director for the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) and his writing has appeared in hundreds of publications. He is from Vallejo, CA and is a recog-nized expert on the subject

of cannabis. Steve Fox is the co-founder of SAFER and director of state campaigns for Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) and has lobbied congress on cannabis issues for MPP for several years. He hails from Maryland.

The book does not beat around the bush. It be-gins spelling out clearly, “The Choice: Marijuana vs. Alcohol,” where the au-thors explore the popular acceptance of both cannabis and alcohol. They explain in detail what marijuana is and why reasonable adults choose to use it and how it is consumed. They compare and contrast the toxic effects of marijuana and alcohol, making a reasonable conclu-sion that the risks associated with booze far outweighs the risks of consuming can-nabis. Their thoughtful and detailed approach sights studies and factual informa-tion that spell out pretty clearly the argument for legalizing cannabis. And that is just the first chapter.

The rest of the book explores deeply the “choice” factor that goes into using can-nabis instead of alcohol. The authors do a great job of illustrating how this choice was “interrupted,” detailing how cannabis prohibition came to be from the early years of “Reefer Madness” to the counter-culture protests of the Vietnam War and

Nixon’s personal vendetta against cannabis users. The book does a great job of spelling out and debunk-ing some common myths, including the gateway myth, addiction fears, and health worries. It is an honest approach to the subject that does not attempt to sugarcoat cannabis use, but uses factual and verifiable information to rebut many of the common misconceptions that the opposition uses to try and scare the public.

The authors explore the reasoning behind prohibit-ing marijuana and promot-ing alcohol use. It outlines the dangers associated with our “pro-alcohol” culture and the consequences as-sociated with that culture. The book goes on to look more closely at the argu-ments against prohibition and uses fascinating points to help one realize more clearly that cannabis can provide a safe alternative to drinking booze. The authors

call the reader to action, giving insightful ways that people can begin “spreading the safer message” in their community. It details how to form or join an organiza-tion, organize events, and be politically active in the move to make marijuana a safer alternative.

Marijuana is SAFER is a great addition to any bookshelf and is an informa-tive and interesting read. Whether it is a person who has dedicated their lives to cannabis activism or a person just beginning to explore the subject, the book has a wealth of valuable information in which to grow and learn. The book’s foreword by Norm Stamper, the former Seattle Police Chief and author of Breaking Rank, says it all: “From my own work and the experi-ences of other members of the law enforcement community, it is abundantly clear that marijuana is rarely, if ever, the cause of disrup-tive or violent behavior. That marijuana causes very little social harm is reason enough in a free society to legalize it for adults. But as Steve, Paul, and Mason so brilliantly demonstrate in this book, an even more persuasive reason is that by prohibiting mari-juana we are steering people toward a substance that far too many people already abuse, namely alcohol.”

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Students for Sensible Drug Policy's international conference is the largest gathering of students and youth from around the world who are working to end the failed War on Drugs. This year's conference will take place in San Francisco, a city at the forefront of sensible drug policies. On March 12-14th, hundreds of students will convene at the beautiful Fort Mason Center, which boasts stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge and other historic landmarks. As attendees gaze across the bay at Alcatraz, the infamous island prison that once housed prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, they will learn about modern day drug prohibition and its effects on our society. Not only will SSDP members, alumni, and supporters hear from prominent leaders and experts in the drug policy reform movement, they will also participate in workshops to hone their advocacy skills, work with our Board of Directors to craft our national or-ganizational agenda, and network with each other at fun social events and concerts! Capacity is limited. So are scholarships, which we will be offering to offset the cost of travel and lodging for students. In order to get first dibs on early-bird registration and scholarship applications, RSVP below! (RSVPing is absolutely free and you're not making a com-mitment to attend. An RSVP simply puts you on the waiting list for regis-tration, and we'll let you know as soon as official registration opens.)

ASA SF Meetings and Pizza: The February SF-ASA chapter meet-ings will take place on March 9th and 23rd at 7:30 pm at Bowzer's Pizza located at 371 11th Street (between Folsom and Harrison Sts.) in San Francisco. All are welcome. Enjoy pizza and soft drinks and learn about medical cannabis news and events. For more information contact: HY-PERLINK "mailto:[email protected]"[email protected] or call David at 305-609-4429.

The International Cannabis & Hemp Expo 2010: On April 17 & 18 at The Cow Palace in Daly City the first annual International Cannabis and Hemp Expo will kick off. Its mission is to offer a forum for awareness, education and advancement of the hemp industry and medical canna-bis community. Showing the world, through our dedication to the re-form of current policy and perception, that we are part of the future global solution. On sight medicating areas will be available to qualified patients. The expo will be split into cannabis related areas and industrial hemp interests. Tickets are $15 for one day; $24 for both. For more info visit: www.intche.org

Ngaio Bealum Headlines the Punchline in San Francisco on 4/20Stand Up Comedian, activist and Editor of West Coast Cannabis

Magazine, Ngaio Bealum will be performing a special 4/20 show at The Punchline in San Francisco on April 20th. The show starts at 8pm. For more information, Check out www.punchlinecomedyclub.com

The Nimbin MardiGrass—1st weekend of May in Nimbin, Australia: The annual Cannabis law reform rally began in 1993 and will continue

until the prohibition law is abolished, then become a festival. During the weekend there are many events including; HEMP OLYMPIX, Global Marijuana March, Kombi Konvoy, Industry Expo, Medicinal Forums and a Float Parade. There is a myriad of information about MardiGrass, the Australian HEMP Party and the Nimbin HEMP Embassy located on the main web site at www.hempembassy.net.

Seattle Hempfest, August 20-21-22 Myrtle Edwards Park in Seattle WashingtonSeattle Hempfest features 5 stages of world-class music and re-

nowned speakers. Hundreds of arts, crafts, food and political vendors dot the long expanse of both parks. Hempfest has a "Hemposium" replete with panel discussions and presentations, keynote speakers, displays and workshops. Hempfest requires over 50 crews. The largest cannabis policy reform event in the world, Seattle Hempfest always happens the third weekend in the month of August. Seattle Hemp-fest was established in 1991 at Volunteer Park on Capital Hill in Seattle. Hempfest moved to Gasworks Park in 1994, only to switch to its cur-rent location, Myrtle Edwards Park, in 1995. The Seattle Hempfest seeks safe access to medical grade marijuana for qualified patients, the legal domestic production of industrial hemp, and alternatives to incarcera-tion for otherwise responsible adults convicted of marijuana offenses. Seattle Hempfest advocates that marijuana be regulated like alcohol, adults who responsibly use marijuana not be treated as criminals, and non-violent drug offendersbe given treatment rather than incarcerated. For more info visit www.hempfest.org.

ASA Chapter Meetings: American’s for Safe Access has chapters all over the country that meet independently of one another. To locate a chapter in your area and join visit: HYPERLINK "http://www.americans-forsafeaccess.org" www.americansforsafeaccess.org and click the com-munity link for local resources

Medical Cannabis Safety Council Meetings: Every 3rd Tuesday of the Month at Oaksterdam University Student Union, 1915 Broadway, Oak-land, CA.

Tax Cannabis 2010 Volunteer and Staff Meetings: The campaign to legalize cannabis for adult use is underway and meetings on how to be involved are being held in Oakland, Los Angeles, and many other areas of the state. To learn more on where to get involved in your neck of the woods visit: www.taxcannabis2010.org and click on volunteer or contribute.

Oaksterdam University: Get educated on the many facets of the cannabis industry. Classes are ongoing with campuses in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Sebastapol. To find out about enrollment visit: www.oak-sterdamuniversity.com and click on enroll/

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Marijuana is Safer Book Appearances: The three co-authors of the book Marijuana Is Safer: So why are we driving people to drink?, are making appearances to promote their book and edu-cate people on the safety of cannabis. More about their schedule and the book can be found at: www.facebook.com/Marijuanais-Safer

Cancelled!!! Cannapalooza: March 19-20 in Las Vegas, NV Activist of the Month: VIVIAN MCPEAkVivian is on of the hardest working guys in medical cannabis

activism. He is best known as Executive Director for Seattle Hemp-fest, the world’s largest cannabis activist event attended by enthu-siasts all over the world. He founded a group called Seattle Peace Heathens Community Activist group in 1988 that took up the cause of local social activism through rallies and public education. Vivian has been one of the most visual and outspoken voices of the

Seattle and Cannabis activism for decades, and his voice and cry for freedom grows louder and larger every year. Vivian is not just the ED for Hempfest either, he is also the MC of the main events and keeps the crowd entertained with his enlightening commen-tary and familiar rants about legalizing hemp and cannabis.

McPeak is also a father and a grandfather and has been his peace and social justice activist in Seattle, WA for 25 years. He has been High Times Freedom Fighter of the Year, Heads Activist of the Month, and Real Change Magazine’s “Change Agent” of the month. He is also the founder of seattlecrisis.org, an ongoing listing of re-sources for the needy in the Seattle area. He believes service to one’s own community is one of the highest achievements one can attain and he shows it by continually finding ways to serve the lo-cal and cannabis communities with his hard work and dedication. We are honored to have Vivian McPeak as West Coast Cannabis “Ac-tivist of the Month” for March. Your work is truly inspiring.

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sAn Jose to WAste tAx DollArs Citizens sAy, “Do the MAth”

By Steve DeAngelo Executive Director Harborside Health Center

San Jose, CA—After more than a decade of keeping its head in the sand, the City of San Jose has finally begun to grapple with the implementation of California’s medical cannabis law. This new development was sparked by the opening of numerous medical cannabis collectives in the city over the course of the past six months. The collectives finally brought safe access to medicine to San Jose patients, who for the past decade have been forced to either resort to the illegal market, or drive long distances to more compassionate

jurisdictions.

The most critical issue currently on the table is whether the City of San Jose should instruct staff to spend the hours necessary to develop a licensing and regulation ordinance to cover the newly opened dispensaries—or simply move forward with plans to close them.

Medical cannabis patients and activists demonstrated community-wide support for licensing and regulation at a January 27th public hearing conducted by the

Rules Committee of the city council. Over a hundred supporters packed the hearing, forcing the council to open three overflow rooms to accommodate the crowd. Dozens of speakers used their one minute of allocated time to urge the committee to vote in favor of authorizing staff to develop regulations. Only one citizen spoke in opposition.

Testimony offered by city staff estimated that a maximum of 221 staff hours would be required to develop regulations, while over 1000 hours of staff time would be required to issue Cease & Desist notices to 19 San Jose

cannabis collectives. Testimony at the hearing also established that regulation of collectives could yield the city millions of dollars of tax revenue, while efforts to close the collectives would only spend city funds, with no potential revenue upside.

The main argument offered against regulation--- mostly by Mayor Chuck Reed-- was that staff would be unable to finish work on a pending sign ordinance if they were diverted to working on a medical cannabis ordinance. However, further testimony established that the sign ordinance would not bring any additional revenue into the city, unlike the medical cannabis ordinance. The hearing concluded with a vote by the committee to forward the matter to a meeting of the entire City Council on March 30.

San Jose activists are now calling on the city to “Do The Math”. With the city already running a $100 million budget deficit, it makes no fiscal sense for the city to spend funds closing collectives that could make substantial contributions to closing that deficit. This is especially so since city staff has already testified that it will take them at least five times as many hours to close collectives as it would to regulate them. San Jose activists are urging all medical cannabis patients and supporters to attend the March 30 hearing, and express their

desire for the City Council to vote in favor of developing regulations.

Stakes in the debate were raised in the days following the January 27th hearing, when collectives began receiving Cease & Desist notices from the San Jose Code

Compliance Office, ordering them to close their doors. San Jose collectives responded by joining together to form the San Jose Collectives Association (temporary name). Association members have committed to developing and following a set of rigorous standards to ensure that best practices for the industry are followed, as well as to working cooperatively with the City to assist in the development of effective regulation and taxation of cannabis collectives.

The Association collected a $65,000 fund, to bring its concerns to the attention of San Jose citizens and municipal government, and to defend patient rights. Association members vow they will use every legal means at their disposal, up to and including litigation, to ensure that safe access to medicine for San Jose patients continues.

The needs of patients in San Jose is robust and has been underserved ever since passage of Prop 215 in 1996. Despite a 64% vote in favor of Prop 215, city government has never allowed safe access to medical cannabis. As a result, many patients drive long distances and incur added expense because there

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are no dispensaries close to their homes. Others, less able to travel, have been forced onto the dangerous illegal market.

“We invite the council members to visit the compliant facilities to see firsthand the high level of professionalism, the many health services offered, and the capable, security culture they have developed. It would save them an incredible amount of time and money, and it would dissuade their belief that these facilities bring problems to the community. They do the opposite, and that is quite proven. ” says Peter Esters, a director of Harborside Health Center of San Jose, one of the recently opened collectives.

March 30th is a critical date for the patients of the San Jose area. On that date the City Council will be meeting to decide what direction the city will take on allowing qualified patients safe access to medical cannabis. The San Jose Collectives Association, along with Americans For Safe Access, are urging patients, caregivers, and all cannabis supporters to attend the meeting at City Hall in downtown San Jose to support the right to legal, safe access in San Jose; and to demand that the city act in a fiscally responsible manner. A strong show of support will likely make the council reconsider its position, and choose a plan of cooperation versus costly litigation. Citizens need to speak out for a plan that will increase the city’s revenues, not drain them.

uC stuDy DeClAres CAnnAbis therAPeutiC MeDiCine. File rePort Wit legislAture

A research study from the University of California’s Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR) shows that medical cannabis has clear therapeutic value in a statement saying, “reasonable evidence that cannabis is a promising treatment” for some specific, pain-related medical conditions. Researchers completed five scientific clinical trials that began in the year 2000 and more are in the works.

“We focused on illnesses where current medical treatment does not provide adequate relief or coverage of symptoms,” explained CMCR director, Igor Grant, MD, Executive Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the UCSD School of Medicine.

“These findings provide a strong, science-based context in which policy makers and the public can begin discussing the place of cannabis in medical care.”

Study results have been published in high-impact medical journals, garnering national and international attention, which prompted leading experts to come together and foster scientific dialog on the possible uses of cannabis as a therapeutic agent. More study will be necessary to figure out the mechanisms of action and the full therapeutic potential of cannabinoid compounds, according to the UC researchers.

DeA rAiDs MeDiCAl CAnnAbis ProviDer in ColorADo. ChArgeD in FeDerAl Court

A provider of cannabis medicines in Denver faces 40 years in Federal Prison after Drug Enforcement Agents raided his home and seizes 224 marijuana plants he was growing in his basement intended for patient use. Chris Bartkowicz was a caregiver for multiple patients and was raided after doing an interview with 9News in Denver about his profitable enterprise declaring that he was “living the dream.” This caught the attention of the local DEA office and soon his dream turned into a nightmare.

Agents raided his home, seized the plants and medicine, and arrested Bartkowicz. Special Agent Jeff Sweetin who heads up the Denver Office stated, "It's not medicine," Sweetin said. "It's still a violation of federal law [and] we're still going to continue to investigate and arrest people." This alarmed many local patients and providers who were under the impression that they would not be targeted if they complied with state law, but Sweetin sees it differently declaring, "the time is coming when we go into a dispensary, we find out what their profit is, we seize the building and we arrest everybody."

This harsh viewpoint was softened a bit the following day when Sweetin said, we are "not declaring war on dispensaries." He went on to say, with an apparent laugh, "If we were declaring war on dispensaries, they would not be hard to find. You can't swing a dead cat around here without hitting thirty of them."

Medical cannabis activist and attorney Rob

Corry filed a complaint with the US Justice Department against the agents asking them to be disciplined for clearly violating the D.O.J. memo released October 19th stating that federal resources would not be used to circumvent state law.

DeA rAiDs CAnnAbis testing lAbs in ColorADo

Drug Enforcement Agents raided two labs in Colorado in two weeks after the labs applied for analytical lab licensing to test cannabis medicines. Full Spectrum Labs in Denver and Genovations labs were both raided by agents and their samples for testing were seized in the process. No arrests were made at the labs as of yet. Both labs were in the process of developing testing procedures to test cannabis for molds, pesticides, and active ingredients in an effort to ensure the supply was safe and effective.

Full Spectrum President Bob Winnicki said the DEA issued a subpoena requesting that it turn over customer and patient records from the past six months. He said he applied for a license to acquire the proper standards for testing in October. In January agents raided the lab taking dozens of samples in both plant form and in extracted fluids. Advocates were outraged at the continued harassment of the medical cannabis industry saying that the DEA wasting money on this type of enforcement is unnecessary.

Two weeks later Genovations lab in Colorado Springs was raided after applying for the same licensing. Owner Michael Lee also owns a dispensary, Cannabis Therapeutics. Lee is not giving up though stating "We're gonna move forward in another direction in what we were." He did not go into specifics on what exactly that would be. DEA Agents told him the license wouldn't do him much good anyway because every provider that submitted samples from would have to be DEA certified, as well and that was not gong to happen.

berkeley PAtients grouP to Move DesPite obJeCtions

The Berkeley City Council decided to allow Berkeley Patients Group to move after contentious opposition from a local developer and a private school that operate nearby their new proposed


location in the old Scharffen Berger Chocolates building. Wareham Development threatened to sue the city if they were allowed to move there stating that it would “impede ongoing efforts to attract new development in the area.” Berkeley Patients Group representatives disagree citing that they have a long track record in Berkeley of being a good neighbor, with the city even commemorating October 31 “Berkeley Patients Group Day.”

The other opponent to the move is Ecole Bilingue, a French private school that serves around 500 students whose campus is less than 1000 feet away. When the voters passed Measure JJ in Berkeley they approved a stipulation requiring collectives to be 1000 feet from public schools, but the measure says nothing of private schools or private day care facilities. This has left leaders of the school frustrated, as they feel their students are not being given equal protection. ”It is unfortunate that Measure JJ literally has a double standard with respect to schools—which wasn’t made clear to Berkeley voters when they approved the measure,” said school spokesperson Jennifer Monahan. “We view the situation as fluid and have not determined the exact legal or political steps we will take if a mutually satisfactory solution cannot be reached.”

The Berkeley City Council met twice in closed session to review the matter, in the end deciding that BPG would be allowed to make the move. Mark Berson of the Berkeley Chamber of Commerce hopes that all sides can come to agreement in time. "Berkeley Patients Group and Wareham Development are both good corporate citizens and they're good members of the chamber," Berson said. "I think we can work something out."

lA PAsses orDinAnCe they MAy not be Able to enForCe

The Los Angeles City Council voted 9-3 in January to adopt an ordinance regulating the sale of medical marijuana and establishing rules for the operation of dispensing collectives and cooperatives, otherwise known as dispensaries. Although medical marijuana advocates were able to improve parts of an ordinance that took

more than two years to develop, they claim that certain provisions in the final version will effectively shut down nearly all of the existing facilities and will make it almost impossible to locate anywhere in the city. Specifically, advocates point to a "poison pill" provision that would prevent dispensaries from operating near residential property or within 1,000 feet of a laundry list of so-called "sensitive uses," including schools, libraries, parks and churches.

How will the City of Los Angeles pay for enforcement of its new medical cannabis ordinance and the anticipated litigation? That may be a hard question for City Councilmembers to answer in the HYPERLINK "http://www.sandiego6.com/news/state/story/Mayor-says-more-job-cuts-needed-to-balance-L- A - s / Z E E 5 J Q 7 x A E i q t b x _ A o f 0 r A .cspx"current economic climate. The city must find over $200 million before July, and next year’s budget shortfall could run as high as $484 million. KCET’s So Cal Connected reports on the financial crisis, pointing out that cuts to the City Attorney’s office may make enforcing the medical cannabis ordinance more difficult.

"This is a bittersweet victory for medical marijuana patients in Los Angeles," said Don Duncan, California Director with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), the nationwide advocacy organization that played a pivotal role in convincing the City Council to reject a proposal that banned medical marijuana sales. "Although historic, the passage of medical marijuana dispensary regulations by the second largest city in the country has been undermined by restrictions that threaten to wipe out nearly all of the dispensaries in Los Angeles."

Advocates also called the imposition of a cap on the number of dispensaries arbitrary, whether limited to 70, set by two per community district, or the 137 facilities registered with the city. Recently, the City of Denver adopted a local law allowing for the operation of 200 medical marijuana dispensaries. As a comparison, the City of Los Angeles, at approximately 3.8 million people, has more than 6 times the population of Denver. Regardless of the arbitrary cap, the vast majorities of registered

dispensaries do not comply with the ordinance's proximity restrictions and will either be forced to move to a remote part of the city or be shut down. Litigation has been threatened and advocates expect that they will return to council chambers to amend what they call a flawed ordinance.

initiAtive 28 in oregon WoulD PAve WAy For sAFe ACCess in the stAte

Organizations in Oregon have come together to help pass “Initiative 28” which would establish a regulated supply system for dispensaries in the state. The movement has gathered well over 75,000 signatures and will most likely exceed the 82,769 needed by July 2nd to put it on the ballot in November. Polls show 59-63% of people support the effort. Oregon has over 30,000 patients that are not all able to cultivate cannabis for themselves or patients whose onset of illness may not afford them the time it takes to grow cannabis to maturity that would benefit greatly from this system. Oregon needs to create a regulated system so every patient can access quality controlled medicine," said John Sajo, Executive Director of Voter Power.

The Initiative empowers the Health Department to create a “tightly controlled system,” which is aimed at providing access and avoiding abuses. The revenue from the Initiative would go to fund the program, with the excess going to fund other healthcare costs. “Quality control standards will result in medicine labeled with the strength of the active ingredients as well as certified to be free of contaminants. This will allow doctors to advise patients about proper dosage,” said Sajo. Both dispensaries and providers would pay licensing fees and a 10% flat tax on any revenue.

sAntA bArbrA PD AnD sheriFFs rAiD ColleCtives. Arrest oPerAtors AnD venDors

On Wednesday, February 17th two search warrants were served to collectives, The Healing Center and Pacific Coast Collective, in Santa Barbara and several arrests were made on what authorities are calling illegal activity mixed in with legal medical cannabis sales. They arrested operators,

employees and even a couple of vendors that came by to provide medicine to the collective. The operator is being held on charges of “financial crimes.” There is a financial investigation under way according to authorities. Vendors arriving from Northern California and Ventura were booked on charges of possession of marijuana for sale. The report issued from law enforcement states that their action was justified to investigate and prosecute “suspected illegal marijuana cultivators and marijuana traffickers operating through collectives.” This seems like a new strategy of charging dispensaries that are “operating in violation of the Compassionate Use Act.”

DEA Raids Organica In Culver City. Owner Arrested.

Federal Agents raided Organica in Culver City, arresting owner Jeff Joseph. Organica has been raided two times previously and had just reopened. The City Attorney and County District Attorney, Steve Cooley, both said there may be charges filed against Joseph, stating that people that were stopped near Organica admitted to buying large quantities of cannabis and others had been stopped saying to have picked up “large quantities of marijuana to deliver to another collective.

lA City Attorney Files lAW suits AnD tArgets ProPerty oWners

Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich began cracking down on what he calls illegal collectives by filing suit against 3 collectives and sending the property owners of 18 more collectives notices that their tenants were breaking state laws for selling the drug. Trutanich is under the opinion that all sales are illegal, thus making all collectives who sell cannabis to patients in need to recoup their operational expenses illegal, as well. This is the beginning of what seems like a growing campaign to drive access to medical cannabis back to the underground in the greater Los Angeles area, having initially launched this campaign against a single collective in Eagle Rock and having won an injunction in that case against the Hemp Factory. No word on how many other collectives are slated to be investigated in this process.

olyMPiA MAyor Pro teM ArresteD For selling MAriJuAnA

On 18 February, 2010 Olympia City council member Joe Hyer was arrested on three felony charges, two counts of selling marijuana and one count of using a property for drug purposes. There is no evidence or claims that Hyer is a medical marijuana patient. Once arrested, Hyer told the police plainly that he sold pot, “but only to his friends.”

This arrest comes on the heels of Hyer’s informal nomination to the office of Thurston County Treasurer. Robin Hunt, the current Thurston County Treasurer whose resignation prompted Hyer’s consideration for her post, has since rescinded her resignation.

The situation become even more interesting when The Olympian, Thurston County’s daily newspaper, caused confusion by reporting that the mayor pro tem had been arrested by the Thurston County Drug Task Force. Olympia City Hall and the Olympian were deluged with questions from people who thought that Olympia Mayor Doug Mah had been arrested instead.

Hyer’s arrest has thrown the local Democratic Party in Thurston County into chaos. Besides being an Olympia council member and mayor pro tem, he is also the treasurer of the Thurston County Democrats, as well as a leading voice in local progressive politics.

When asked if he would vote for Initiative 1068, a people’s initiative to end state-level marijuana prohibition in Washington, no response was forthcoming.

bryAn ePis sent bACk to Prison

California cannabis buyers' club to be tried in federal court for growing pot, must return to prison to serve the balance of a 10-year sentence.

Epis, 42, had been free for nearly six years on an order issued by the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals after he had served more than two years of a 10-year sentence for growing and conspiring to grow marijuana.

The case, now nearly 13 years old, remains a rallying point for medical marijuana proponents nationwide, who view it as

the ultimate injustice to come from the chasm between a state's allowance for medicinal use and the federal policy of zero tolerance.

In July 2002, a Sacramento jury found Epis planned to grow at least 1,000 plants and that he grew at least 100 plants in the spring of 1997 at his Chico residence. The fact the house is within 1,000 feet of Chico Senior High School is one reason Epis is not eligible for a term less than the 10-year mandatory minimum attached to the 1,000-plant conviction.

Among the things that made the trial memorable were the contrasting styles of defense lawyer J. Tony Serra, with his trademark passion and florid prose, and prosecutor Samuel Wong, aloof and mostly dispassionate.

The 9th Circuit decided in 2004 that Epis should not be in prison while the U.S. Supreme Court was considering another case from California involving medical marijuana. The high court ruled in that case in 2005 that medical use under state law is trumped by the federal Controlled Substances Act.

Epis was re-sentenced in 2007 to 10 years, but was allowed to remain free pending the exhaustion of issues raised in his appeal that were not before the Supreme Court.

The 9th Circuit decided those issues in the government's favor on Aug. 11, the Supreme Court declined on Jan. 19 to review that ruling, and the circuit then issued its mandate to the court in Sacramento on Jan. 26.

Defense attorney John Balazs asked at today's hearing that Epis be given a surrender date so they could explore further legal means of attacking the conviction and sentence. But U.S. District Judge Frank C. Damrell Jr. rejected the plea, saying, "He's had every opportunity to talk to lawyers."

"It's over Mr. Epis," Damrell told Epis, and he was escorted to a holding cell by deputy U. S. marshals while his girlfriend and her daughter quietly wept.

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What's your advice on reflec-tive surfaces for increased light efficiency? Which do you think is better, reflective ma-terials such as Mylar or paint-ing with solid white paint? Is there a paint designed to be a better light reflector?

Gunnar W.

Plant growth is fueled by light so the amount of light that a plant receives determines how big and fast it grows. All light that doesn’t reach plants is wasted. For that reason any light that escapes the plant area should be reflected back to the canopy.

This problem is usually more acute in small gardens than large ones because in small gardens the ratio of perim-eter to area is much higher than in large ones. Thus, light is more likely to fall outside of the plant area in a small gar-den than it is in a large one where there is a bigger target for it to hit.

There are many ways to direct light back to the garden. If part of the garden is contigu-ous to a wall, it is easy to make the wall a reflector by painting it flat white. Flat paint diffuses the light as it reflects it, dis-tributing it evenly through-out the garden. Shiny enamel

surfaces reflect light as hot spots so it is distributed un-evenly. Sometimes titanium white is available. It contains this very reflective metal and is more efficient as a reflector than regular paints.

Gardeners have a large choice of reflective materials. These include Mylar, aluminum foil, Styrofoam board, white or silver polyethylene, white cardboard or white painted cardboard.

Mylar white polyethylene plastic and aluminum foil (dull side out) are easy to hang or tape to a frame. Ini-tially, Mylar is more reflec-tive than plastic or foil, but it spots and stains easily and its electrical charge attracts dust. Foil and polyethylene are easily washed and are inexpensive so they can be replaced without busting a budget. Styrofoam board is extremely reflective but gath-ers dust and should be wiped clean after each crop. It’s easy to install because it is light-weight and easy to cut to size. White cardboard shares many of those qualities but eventu-ally gets sloppy from mois-ture spills and sprays.

If your reflector is not well de-signed for the space, it may spill lots of light outside the garden to the sidewalls. Plac-ing an aluminum foil curtain around the perimeter of the

reflector can ameliorate this. It can be custom designed to grab and reflect light. To make a curtain that holds its shape, use a heavy-grade foil or for more precision you can use a thicker material such as the aluminum that disposable baking pans are made of.

Your small investment in time and material will have a great payback, especially when you consider how much it costs to generate light. The additional light the plants receive will result in more vigorous plants that produce a higher yield.

About three years ago I de-cided I'd had enough with dumping chemicals into my system and began to replace the unhealthy elements in my diet with organic materials. I quit eating red meat, refined sugar, processed foods—I'm sure you get the picture.

Part of this whole scenario was that I quit smoking pot, too. I'd smoked fairly con-sistently since I was 15, for about 25 years. In the past year I tried to smoke a couple of times. I found that my lungs reject the smoke. I cough un-controllably and feel short of breath for hours after even a single hit. Then I got the idea that eating it would probably

work so I've added some to baked goods once in a while to enjoy the high.

Last Sunday my husband and I went to a friend's house. He broke out the weed. The three of them passed the bong while I sat there feeling sorry for myself. Our friend then of-fered me a bit of butter that he'd soaked weed in, I said yes and proceeded to spread it on bread. The only other thing that I imbibed that night was home-made chicken soup.

After about two hours my heart began to race while I

was lying down watching a movie. Within a half hour I tried to walk and fell down. I blacked out when I fell and

was unconscious. I came to with my friends standing around me trying to get me conscious again. They said that my color was dark gray and my lips were blue. They thought I was OD’ing. After I came around I threw up ev-erything in my stomach but it was another 45 minutes be-fore I could move.

Now it’s two days later and I still feel the effects in the form of nausea and light-head-edness. I looked online and found no reference for OD’ing on THC. Is it possible that I suffered from an allergic re-action that was so strong that it almost killed me?

Gail

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Mylar was used in this room to reflect the light. It is highly reflective and easy to install but it stains easily, loses spots of reflectivity and collects dirt because of its electrical charge. The light in this room is being used very inefficiently. The vertically positioned bulbs are longer than the shallow reflectors so some of the light beams directly to the walls. When the horizontally directed light hits the walls it is reflected back horizontally, never reaching the garden. The reflective material is several feet from the gardens. Much of the light hits it at steep angles so only a small portion is reflected into the garden. To solve these remedy these problems somewhat the reflec-tive material should be placed on lightweight frames that can be easily moved and aluminum foil which is not flammable should be hung like curtains from the reflectors so light is redirected to the garden rather than the outside perimeter.


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I consulted about your case with Dr. Mike Alcalay, who has studied the effects of marijuana. The adverse reaction you had to the butter occurred as the effects were reaching their peak, which occurs one to four hours after ingestion.

We don’t know the full circumstances but from your description we believe that you exhibited symptoms of a substantial over-dose: inability to move, increased heart rate, and loss of consciousness. You may well have also suffered from a panic reac-tion as the symptoms became apparent.

Tachycardia or the sensation of racing of the heart rate is a common experience with first-time or occasional cannabis us-ers. At least in ordinary circumstances this effect goes away with regular use of can-nabis, usually after a week or two. Interest-ingly, as the heart rate speeds up (usually up to 25% of normal in most people), the blood pressure actually falls—this has been documented by many patients who use marijuana for their hypertension.

You ate the buttered bread on an almost empty stomach so a much higher percent-age was digested than if you had eaten it while full. The digestive blood passes through the liver where THC is converted to 11-hydroxyl cannabinol, which is at least as active as delta-9 THC. This potent mixture can build up to much higher lev-els in your blood and brain than would happen if marijuana smoke was inhaled. Higher levels can also build up when us-ing concentrates such as hashish, oils or tinctures.

Your reaction does sound quite extreme; even lab animals that are given massive overdoses usually react by simply curling up in a corner and sleeping it off. It may be an allergic reaction, but more likely than an allergy is that you have developed a sensitivity to cannabis. When combined with a very strong dose, this made for a scary and unpleasant experience.

After such a traumatic incident, you may wish to abstain altogether. However, if you do decide to experiment, you obviously need only a very small amount as your tol-erance level is very low.

Smoking is the easiest way to self-titrate in small doses, and the onset is much quicker than eating, so you know when you have enough. When eating cannabis, there’s no way of controlling the dose once you in-gest it. If you do try it, inhale it, don’t eat it.

I would not recommend marijuana be-cause of your sensitivity. However if you do choose to try again, be very conserva-tive. Take care with how much you inhale. Dr. Alcalay recommends starting with as little as a half-toke in the beginning. Wait for it to have an effect before trying more.

I live in the U.S. Is ordering seeds here il-legal? How much does the government know when Americans purchase seeds online? Do they, and if they do, is it tech-nically legal for them to pursue me? I also want to buy a grow book, Closet Cultiva-tor, but can't seem to find it at any stores right now. I would purchase it online, but I don't want to bring any unwanted atten-tion to myself.

What should I do?

John B.

Viable marijuana seeds are illegal in the U.S. If you are caught with them you could be charged with possession and an ambi-tious prosecutor may try to overreach and charge you with cultivation.

That being said, it is very difficult for the government to detect seeds crossing the border. They are very small, are usually well packaged in an appropriate unsus-picious package and they have no odor. Further, it is illegal for the government to open first class mail without a warrant.

There are several internet sites that rate seed companies. These forums can give you more insight on individual companies’

service and products. Check carefully as some sites are merely marketing tools for a specific company or companies.

I have received letters that described packages being delivered with crushed seed. I think that the post office suspected these were seed packages and purpose-fully crushed the seed. There was no search and no arrest, but the seeds were destroyed.

The companies that advertise seeds in the magazines have a vested interest in keeping their customers happy. By provid-ing high quality seeds and good service they hope to earn your repeat business and recommendations to your friends. That only happens when you are a satis-fied customer.

As far as books are concerned, the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution pro-tects freedom of speech. Whenever the government has tried to restrict this right there has been fervent opposition by the media. That’s why you are able to own and read this magazine without government interference. In addition the companies that sell controversial books online have an interest in protecting their customers’ privacy. It is extremely unlikely that mail-ordering books will lead to any legal con-sequences.

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The campaign to legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis in the

state of California in 2010 is taking off.

A groundswell of grassroots sup-port from throughout California has propelled the campaign past its sig-nature gathering goal, and the cam-paign has now secured upwards of 700,000 signatures from Cali-fornia voters who are ready to legalize, tax, and regulate cannabis.

The campaign turned the signatures in to county registrars of vot-ers in every county in California on Wednes-day, January 20th.

Once the signatures are reviewed and veri-fied by the Secretary of State, the Tax Cannabis 2010 initiative will be placed on the November 2010 state-wide ballot.

When passed by the voters, the Tax Cannabis 2010 initiative will:

• Regulate cannabis like alcohol: Allow adults 21 and older in Cali-fornia to posses up to one ounce of cannabis and cultivate 25 square feet (5 feet x 5 feet) for personal consumption.

• Give local governments the ability to tax and regulate the sale of can-nabis to adults 21 and older • Generate billions of dollars in rev-enue to fund what matters most in California: jobs, healthcare, public safety, schools and libraries, state parks, roads, transportation, and more The campaign is taking the early ac-tion necessary to chart a successful

course for the initiative. Campaign organizers are already on the ground working to mobilize hundreds of vol-unteers. And the campaign is taking advantage of cutting edge new me-dia technologies, working with the company that created the software that President Obama’s campaign used to expand their coalition, raise record amounts of money online, and turn out voters to the polls.

Every day, more and more Califor-nians are signing on as supporters of

the Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign. Current supporters include former California State Senate President Pro Tem Don Perata, former Orange County Judge Jim P. Gray, former Los Angeles County Deputy Sheriff Jeff Studdard, former San Francisco District Attorney Terence Hallinan, Drug Policy Alliance, the Interfaith Drug Policy Initiative, and more.

The absolute best way for West Coast Cannabis readers to get in-volved is to visit the campaign web-site, www.taxcannabis.org, where supporters can sign up to volunteer and make a financial contribution to the campaign. Readers should

also become fans of the campaign on Facebook (www.facebook.com/tax-cannabis) and fol-low the campaign on Twitter (www.twitter.com/taxcan-nabis) The Tax Cannabis 2010 campaign is very much looking forward to working with the West Coast Cannabis communi-ty to make legaliz-

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STEAK!

This month I have a special "something" for all of the meat eaters out there—you know who you are. . . . :-) This has to be the easiest most delicious steak recipe I have ever had. My husband Jerry made this for us once with baked potatoes and green beans. It was better than a steak house... then a few hours later... we were passed out, it was killer!!!

Cheese / CannaButter Ingredients:

1/3 cup Cannabis infused butter, softened

2 ounces (½ cup) crumbled blue cheese

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Beef Ingredients:

6 beef tenderloin steaks (2 pounds), about 1-inch thick

½ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons Cannabis infused butter

1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh garlic

1 cup dry red wine or beef broth

Place ½ cup of the Cannabis infused butter and all of the blue cheese in small bowl. With an electric mixer, beat at low speed, scraping bowl often, until well mixed. Stir in parsley and pepper. Place mixture onto plastic food wrap; form into 4-inch log. Refrigerate for about an hour, until firm.

Sprinkle steaks with salt. Melt 2 tablespoons of Cannabis infused butter in 12-inch skillet until sizzling; add steaks and garlic. Cook over medium-high heat 4 minutes or so, turning once, until brown. Now, add the wine or broth (your choice). Cover; continue cooking, turning once, until steak is done (cooking time will vary since we all like our meat cooked different. I think 5 to 10 minutes is a good range).

Meanwhile, remove the Medicated Cheese/CannaButter mixture from refrigerator; let stand at least 15 minutes.

This is how I serve it, I cut the Cheese/CannaButter mixture into 6 slices; place 1 slice of butter on the center of each hot steak. I pour any of the remaining juice from the pan I cooked the steaks in over the top of that... That really is optional so you don't have to do it!, but it sure tastes good... lol

TIP: To keep the butter in a tubular shape versus having one side flatten by resting on the refrigerator shelf, try this trick. Cut the tube from an empty roll of paper towels crosswise into a 4-inch length. Make one lengthwise cut in the tube. Place plastic wrapped CannaButter log in cardboard tube and refrigerate.

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CALIFORNIA STATESanta BarbaraPacific Coast Collective (PCC)

331 N. Milpas, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Phone: (805) 845-6118 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 10a to 6p

Santa Barbara Care Center (SBCC) 5814 Gaviota St., Goleta, CA Phone: (805) 845-4291 Fax: (805) 845-4316 Hours: Mon. to Sun: 11a to 8p

Santa Barbara Collective (SBC) Phone: (805) 896-6326 Delivery Only

Santa Barbara Patients Group 3128 State St. (805) 845-5245

Hortipharm Caregivers 3516 State St. (805) 563-2802

MalibuGreen Angel of Malibu (GAM)

21355 Pacific Coast Highway, Unit #100, Malibu, CA 90265 Phone: (310) 317-6298 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 12p to 7p

PCH Collective 22609 Pacific Coast Hwy Malibu (310) 456-0666

Green Angel of Malibu 21355 Pacific Coast Hwy #100 Malibu (310) 317-6298

Tarzana, Chatsworth & Encino

Alleviations (A) 15720 Ventura Blvd. Unit #302, Encino, CA 91436 Phone: (818) 788-1001 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 12p to 10p & Sun: 12p to 10p

Valley Independent Pharmacy 19459 Ventura Blvd. Tarzana (818) 345-5477

The Coffee Joint (TCJ) 15826 Ventura Blvd. Ste 116, Encino, CA 91436 Phone: (818) 788-1835 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

*Reseda Discount Caregivers 6102 Reseda Blvd., Reseda CA (818) 757-0434

Green Healing Group (GHG) 19513 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA 91356 Phone: (818) 996-9720

Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Herbal Medicine Care (HMC) 10138 Topanga Canyon Blvd., Chats-worth, CA 91311 Phone: (818) 717-8710 Fax: (818) 717-8716 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 10a - 11p, Fri. to Sat: 10a to 10p, Sun: 11a to 8p

Kind Meds (KM) 17049 Ventura Blvd., Encino, CA 91316 Phone: (818) 783-2768 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 10p & Sun: 11a to 8p

Kush Korner Inc. (KKI) 18957 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA 91356 Phone: (818) 774-0687 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 10p & Sun: 11a - 8p

Lake Balboa Collective (LBC) 17616 Sherman Way, Van Nuys, CA 91406 Phone: (818) 609-0119 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 10p & Sun: 11a to 9p

Medical Wellness Center (MWC) 19654 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA 91356 Phone: (818) 881-8744

Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Platinum Club (PC) 21220 Devonshire St. #203 Chats-worth, CA 91311 Phone: (818) 998-CLUB (2582) Hours: 10a to 9p 7 days a week

So. Cal. Co-Op (SCC) 19459 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana, CA 91356 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 10a to 10p & Sat: 10a to 10p & Sun: 11a to 8p Phone: (818) 344-7622 (344-SOCA) Fax: (818) 344-7623

Tujunga, Sylmar, Pacoima, Sun Valley, San Fernando

ALCC 7624 Foothill Blvd. Unit A, Tujunga, CA 91042 Phone: (818) 353-9333 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10am-9pm & Sun: 11am-5pm

Foothill Awareness Center 7132 Foothill Blvd. (818) 352-3388

Pacoima Caregivers Collective 10568 Kewen Ave. Pacoima (818) 792-8492

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A complete list of approved medical marijuana collectives for your convenience has been sorted by location/area. Just find your general location and choose your desired cannabis provider. This list is provided by CANORML. WCC makes no representation as to the quality, service, reliability, or compassion of any of the following coops, dispensaries, deliv-ery services or patients’ groups. This list is provided as a reference tool. It is at your discretion which dispensaries, pro-vider and/or co-op you choose and to determine whether or not they are in compliance with state law as mandated by proposition 215 and any other applicable law or statute. If you have updated information on a listing please forward to [email protected].

Cornerstone Collective Eagle Rock

Pure Life Alternative Wellness L.A El Camino Wellness Sacramento

Unity Sacramento Triple C Collective Kelseyville Horizon Sacramento

Capitol Wellness Sacramento D+M Compassion Clear Lake Fountain of Well Being Silverlake

Organic Cannabis Foundation Santa Rosa Sanctuary San Francisco LAPCG West Hollywood

CPA Los Angeles Harborside Oakland The Divinity Tree San Francisco Farmacy Westwood

Peace in Medicine Santa Rosa Hope Net San Francisco BPG Berkeley

Greenway Santa Cruz

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(NNCC) 6951 Reseda Blvd. Reseda, CA Phone: (818) 344-1102 Fax: (818) 344-6273 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 7p

* OG Art Collective 14522 Vanowen St. Suite #7 Van Nuys, CA 91405

*Reliable Relief 7125 Lindley Ave., Reseda CA (818) 881-4420

San Fernando Valley Patients Group (SFVPG) 8805 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA Phone: (818) 734-2778 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p

Suite 215 (S215) 16760 Stagg St., Unit #215, Van Nuys, CA 91406 Phone: (818) 787-5215 Hours: Mon - Thurs 9a-10p Fri - Sat 9a - 11m, Sun 11m - 9m

Sweet D (SD) 8349 Reseda Blvd. Suite #D, Northridge, Ca 91325 Phone: (818) 882-8955 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 8p

True Healing Collective (THC) 7329 Reseda Blvd., Reseda, CA 91355 (enter from rear alley) Phone: (818) 705-6780 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a to 10p & Sat. to Sun. 11a to 9p

North Hills & Panorama City

105/405 15650 Nordhoff St. Suite 105, North Hills, CA 91343 Phone: (818) 830-2600 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 12p - 9p & Sun: 12p-8p

No Stress Collective (NSC) 9005 Sepulveda Blvd. Unit 1, North Hills, CA 91343 Phone: (818) 810-5864 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 11a to 9p & Fri. to Sat. 11a to 10p & Sun. 12p to 9p

Panorama Providers (PP) 13807 Roscoe Blvd., Panorama City, CA 91402 Phone: (818) 895-4820 Hours: 10a to 9p 7 days a week

San Fernando Valley Discount Medi-cine (SFVDM) 13550 Roscoe Blvd. # 7 Panorama City, CA Phone: (818) 908-9951 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a to 9p & Sat. to Sun. 11a to 8p

Woodman Compassionate Caregivers (WCC) Address:8205 Woodman Ave. Ste 106, Panorama City, CA 91402 Phone: (818) 453-8153 Hours: 9a to 9p 7 Days a week

Woodland Hills

Ashmoon Caregivers (AC) 21610 Ventura Blvd. Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9:30a to 9pm & Sun: are 12pm to 8pm Phone: (818) 999-2211 Fax: (818) 999-3313

Boulevard Collective (BVC) 19709 Ventura Blvd. Ste A 2nd Floor, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Phone: (818) 710-1166 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11a - 11p, Sat. to Sun: 11a - 10p

*Green Joy (GJ) 22851 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Phone: (818) 222-1882 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Herbal Solutions Collective (HSC) 22728 Ventura Blvd., Unit #A, Wood-land Hills, CA 91364 Phone: (818) 704-1300 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p & Sun. 12a to 7p

The Hills Collective (THC) 20000 Ventura Blvd. Suite #B (entrance on Penfield), Woodland Hills CA Phone: (818) 999-3265 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 9p, Sun: 11a to 7p

Topanga Caregivers (TC) 6457 Topanga Cyn. Blvd., Woodland Hills , CA

Phone: (818) 716-9200 Hours: Mon - Thurs 10a - 8p; Fri & Sat 10a - 9p, Sun: 11a - 7p

West Valley Caregivers (WVC) 23067 Ventura Blvd # 104, Wood-land Hills, CA Phone: (818) 591-5899 Hours: - Mon - Sun 10 AM to 10 PM

West Valley Patients Group (WVPG) 23043 Ventura Blvd., Woodland Hills,Ca 91364 Phone: (818) 224-4146 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 9:30a to 10p & Sat. 10a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 8p

Woodland Hills Treatment Center (WHTC) 5338 Alhama Dr. (2nd Floor), Wood-land Hills, CA 91364 Phone: (818) 884-8338 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8p & Sun. 12p to 5p

Zenergy (ZEN) 22102 Clarendon St. Unit 6, Wood-land Hills, CA 91367 Entrance on Glade Phone: (818) 712-0871 Hours: Mon-Sat: 10a to 8p

Van Nuys818 Collective (818C)

7232 Sepulveda Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 442-0200 Hours: 9a to 9p 7 days a week

Boo-Ku (BK)

11203 Glenoaks Blvd. #2B Pacoima, CA 91331 (818) 834-8304 [email protected]

Arleta Herbal Center 8942 Woodman Ave. #b2, Arleta (818) 894-4372 Valley Patients Group 8953 Woodman Ave #101 Arleta (818) 332-0736

Golden State Collective 10369 Balboa Blvd, Granada Hills (818) 357-2500

C.C.C.N. 4720 Vineland, Toluca Lake (818) 980-6337

Valley Holistic Caregivers 7200 Vineland #205 Sun Valley (818) 255-5511

Away of Life (AOL) 7629 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, CA 91042 Phone: (818) 353-0759 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9a to 9p & Sun: 11a to 9p

Branford Caregivers (BCG) 12065 Branford St. Unit 7, Sun Val-ley, CA 91352 Phone: (818) 890-0954 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 9a to 9p & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 7p

Foothill Green Collective (FGC) 6815 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, CA 91042 Phone: (818) 353-7999 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 9a to 8p & Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 10a to 5p

Foothill Wellness Center (FWC) 7132 Foothill Blvd., Tujunga, CA 91042 Phone: (818) 352-3388 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a - 8p & Sun: 12p to 6p

Green Moon Healing Center (GMHC) 12737 Glen Oaks Blvd. Unit 15, Sylmar, CA 91342 Phone: (818) 367-1397 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9a to 8p & Sun: 10a to 7p

Herbal Compassionate Caregivers (HCC) 11565 Laurel Canyon Blvd. #215, San Fernando, CA Phone: (818) 837-7776 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p

Natural Health Supply (NHS) Call for pre-verification Address: 505 San Fernando Mission Blvd., San Fernando, CA 91340 Phone: (818) 812-0818

*SCI 10037 Commerce Ave, Tujunga, CA 91042 Phone: (818) 273-4567 Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 9p

*Sunland Organic Pharmacy (SOP) 7947 Foothill Blvd., Sunland, CA 91040 Phone: (818) 951-5000 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 9p & Sunday 10a to 8p

Sun Valley Caregiver’s (SVC) 11000 Randall St. # E, Sun Valley, CA Phone: (818) 504-2661

Hours: Mon. to Fri. 9a to 9p, Sat.-Sun. 11a to 7p

*TLMD 12458 Magnolia Blvd. , Valley Village CA 91607 (818) 761-9581Valley Village Caregivers 4843 Laurel Canyon, Valley Village (818) 505-1330

Sylmar Holistic Collective (SHC) 12067 Foothill Blvd. Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342 Phone: (818) 896-2600 Hours: 10a to 8p 7 days a week

Urban Health (UH) 12431 San Fernando Rd. Unit #E, Sylmar, CA 91342 Phone: (818) 364-5700 Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 10a to 12a, Fr. to Sat: 12a to 12a

Canoga Park2am Dispensary 8239 Canoga Ave, Canoga Park, CA Phone: (818) 264-0790 Hours: 11a - 2a

Canoga Park Discount Collective (CPDC) 7111 Winnetka Ave. Suite 8, Ca-noga Park, CA 91306 Phone: (818) 456-1917 Hours: M-Sat: 10a to 10p Sun: 11a to 7p

*Discount Co-Op of the Valley (DCV) 21315 Saticoy St. Unit #R, Ca-noga Park, CA 91304 Phone: (818) 887-0980 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11am to 10 pm, Sat: 12pm to 9pm and Sun: 12pm to 7

Pain-Relief Center (HPRC) 21521 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA Phone: 818 716-1860 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 10a to 10p, Sat & Sun: 11a to 9p

Holistic Alternatives, Inc. (HAI) 21001 Sherman Way Unit #12, Canoga Park, CA Phone: (818) 703-1190 Hours: Mon to Sat: 10a to 8p, Sun: 11a to 8p

*New World Organics Herbal Care (NWOHC) 7230 Variel #G, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Phone: (818) 884-1080 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

Roscoe Compassionate Collective (RCC) 20943 Roscoe Blvd., Canoga Park, CA 91303 Phone: (818) 885-8721 Hours: 10a to Midnight 7 days a week

Sherman Way Collective (SWC) 22147 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, 91303 Phone: (818) 932-9428 Hours: Mon- Sat 10 - 9, Sun 11 - 7

So Cal THC (SCTHC) 7251 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Unit E, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 10a to 10p &

Fri.-Sat. 10a to 12a Phone: (818) 626-1950

West Coast Holistic Institute (WCHI) 7226 Remmet, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Phone: (818) 939-4556 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 6a to 11p & Fri: 6a to 2a Sat: 9a to 2a & Sun: 11a to 11p

Northridge & Reseda420 For the People (420FTP)

15300 Devonshire St. Suite 11, Mis-sion Hills, CA Phone:(800) PUSH-420, (818) 891-0800 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 9p

Aloha Spirit (AS) 6657 Reseda Blvd. Unit #202, Reseda, CA Phone: 818-609-0874 Hours: Mon-Fri: 11am-10pm, Sat & Sun: 11am-8pm

*Alternative Care Collective (ACC) 8537 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA 91324 Phone: (818) 349-6ACC (6222) Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 10p

*Blue Banana Caregivers of Northridge 18526 Parthenia St. Northridge CA 91324 (818) 772-0420 Hours: 10:30am to 8:00pm, 7 days a week

Cannamed of Northridge 9349 Melvin Ave. #9 (818) 882-4849

Green Happiness Healing Center (GHHC) 8707 Lindley Ave. Suite G, Northridge, CA 91325 Phone: (818) 886-2479 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11a to 11p & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 9p

*Happycation Collective (HC) 6740 Reseda Blvd. Unit #C, Reseda, CA 91335 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a to 10p & Sat. & Sun. 10a to 7p Phone: (818) 757-3574

Humboldt Relief (HR) 6670 Reseda Blvd. #107, Reseda, CA 91335 Phone: (818) 300-0020 Fax: (818) 300-0019 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 10:00am to 8:30pm, Sat: 12pm to 7:30pm

Los Angeles Valley Caregivers 6657 Reseda Blvd #202 (818) 654-9731

Medical Herbs (MH) 7122 Reseda Blvd. Unit 207, Re-seda, CA 91335 Phone: (818) 342-8889 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 9p & Sun. 10a to 6p

MMI 8924 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA 91324 Phone: (818) 718-6336 Fax: (818) 718-0610 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a - 9p & Sun: 11a - 7p

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CA 91423 (entrance in back) Phone: (818) 501-5554 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 9p & Sun: 11a to 6p

VIP (VIP) 13650 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks Phone: (818) 345-5477 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 11a to 10p & Sat. 12p to 10p & Sun. 12p to 9p

Wellness Caregivers (WC) 14429 Ventura Blvd., #111 Sherman Oaks Phone: (818) 981-4781 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p

North HollywoodAM Organic Solutions (AMOS)

7248 A Fulton Ave, North Hollywood Phone: (818) 764-5200 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 10a to 9p & Fri. to Sat. 10a to 11p & Sun. 10a to 6p

AZ Caregivers (AZC) 4942 Vineland Ave. #112, North Hol-lywood Entrance on Morrison St. Phone: (818) 761-5467 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a-10p Sun. 10a -8p

*Better Alternative Treatment 7353 Melrose Ave Upstairs, Los Angeles (888) 420-6847

California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN) 4720 Vineland Ave North Hollywood Phone: (818) 980-MEDS (980-6337) Hours: 11AM - 9PM Daily

Cure With Herbs (CWH) 12011 Victory Blvd. #104, North Hol-lywood, Phone: (818) 985-4372 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a-8p, Sun: 10a-6p

Divine Discount Center (DDC) 5056 Lankershim Blvd., North Hol-lywood Hours: Mon. to Wed: 11a to 8p, Thurs to Fri: 11a to 12a & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 6p

Divine Wellness Center 5056 Lankershim Blvd. (818) 508-9948

F.Y.A.H. House 6448 Lankershim Blvd. North Hol-lywood Phone: (818) 509-1905 Hours: Mon. to Wed. 10a to 10p Thurs-Fri-Sat 10a-12a, Sun 11a-8p

Green Miracle Healing (GMH) 7503 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hol-lywood Phone: (818) 232-8684 Mon. to Sat. 10a-8:30p, Sun. 12p-6p

Harmony House Collective (HHC) 11651 Sherman Way, North Hollywood-Phone: (818) 982-4420 Sun to Thurs 11a-8pm, Fri to Sat 11a-10p

Love & Spirit Collective (LSC) 5651 1/2 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hol-lywood Phone: 818-753-9200 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a-9p & Sat. to Sun. 11a-8p

NoHo 5656 (NH56) 5656 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood Phone: (818) 404-0358 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 10a to 10p & Fri. to Sat: 10a to Midnight & Sun: 11a to 8p

No Ho Caregivers Inc. (NHCI) 11480 1/2 Oxnard St., North Hollywood

Phone: (818) 761-5776 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

No Ho Herbal Medicine (NHHM) 12032 Vose St., North Hollywood Phone: (818) 765-5933 Mon. to Sat: 10:30a-8:30p & Sun: 11a-6p

North Hollywood Caregivers (NHWC) 6760 Lankershim Blvd., North Hol-lywood Phone: (818) 982-2334 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

North Hollywood Collective (NHC) 12518 Vanowen St. North Hol-lywood Phone: 818-764-0070 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 11-9, Sat. to Fri: 11-10 & Sun: 12-6

North Hollywood Compassionate Caregivers 4854 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 9p Phone: - 1-818-980-9212

North Hollywood Healing Center (NHHC) 12517 Oxnard St., North Hollywood Phone: (818) 762-3766 Mon-Fri 10:00am-10:00pm Sat-Sun11:00am-9:00pm

Patients Against Pain (PAP) 6240 Laurel Canyon Blvd. #B, North Hollywood, CA Phone: (818) 752-7274 Mon. to Sat: 10am-8pm, Sun: 10am-6pm

Patients and Caregivers (PC) 6141 Vineland Ave., North Hol-lywood Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a-8p & Sun. 10a-6p Phone: (818) 588-1307

Toluca Lake Collective (TLC) 11436 Hatteras St., North Hol-lywood Phone: (818) 752-8420 Hours: Open Daily: 10a to 9p

TLMD Collective 12458 Magnolia Blvd. (818) 761-9581

Vanowen Caregivers (VOCG) 11232 Vanowen St. #B, North Hollywood Phone: (818) 980-3600 10a to 7p 7 days a week

West Hollywood*Fairfax Organic Farm (FOF)

800 N. Fairfax, Unit #100, West Hollywood Phone: (323) 951-0691 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 11a to 11p & Fri. to Sun. 10a to 10p

The Herbal Discount Collective (HDC) 735 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p Phone: (323) 933-HERB (4372)

*Los Angeles Patient Care Group (LAPCG) 7213 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood Phone: (323) 882-6033 FAX: (323) 882-6263 Hours: Monday through Saturday: 11:00 AM-7:00 PM. Sunday: 12:00 PM-7:00 PM

West Hollywood Center for Com-passionate Healing (WHCCH) 8921 Sunset Blvd., West Hol-lywood

6817 Sepulveda Blvd. 2nd Floor, Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 908-9255 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 6p

*Cali-Care Collective 13247 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91401 (818) 761-6944

California Collective Center (CCC) 14532 Friar St. Suite A. Van Nuys CA Phone: (818) 781-8865 Hours: - Mon to Thurs: 11:00am to 8:00pm, Fri to Sat: 11:00am to 9:00pm & Sun: 11:00am to 4:00pm

Strain - Balboa Caregivers 7207 Balboa Blvd, Van Nuys (818) 908-9900

Delta-9 Caregivers 7648 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys (818) 997-1003

Balboa Caregivers 16900 Sherman Way #6, Van Nuys (818) 902-0201

California’s Choice (CC) 6722 White Oak Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91406 Phone: (818) 881-1489

The Wilshire Clinic 6741 Van Nuys Blvd #A, Van Nuys (818) 997-0633

Westside Caregivers Club 22148 Ventura Blvd #A, Woodland Hills (818) 887-2106

New Age Compassion Care Center 19720 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills (818) 610-8019

Discount Herb and Health 12431 San Fernando Road Unit E, Sylmar (818) 364-5700

Clover Collective 5658 Sepulveda Blvd. #210 Van Nuys (818) 785-3622

Nature’s Best Organic Solutions 14545 Friar St. #224 Van Nuys (818) 844-6774

Suite 215 Collective 16760 Stagg St. #215 Van Nuys (818) 787-5215

Holistic Therapeutic Center 12410 Burbank Blvd. Suite 103 Valley Village (818) 980-5999

C.A.R.E. Collective (CARE) 14530 Archwood St., Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 387-8467 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 6p

Discount Relief Collective (DRC) 6309 Van Nuys Blvd. Suite #110, Van Nuys CA 91401 Phone: (818)-849-6751 Hours: Mon to Sat: 11am - 8pm & Sun: 12pm - 7pm

Durman Inc. Caregivers (DINC) 16045 Sherman Way Unit H1, Van Nuys, CA 91406 Phone: (818) 908-0881 Fax: (818) 908-4669

Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 6p

Eden Caregivers (EC) 6742 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91405 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p Phone: (818) 376-0115

Green Dragon (GD) 14546 Vanowen Street Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 442-0054 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 9p

*The Green Earth (TGE) 6811 Woodman Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 994-1045 Hours: Daily: Mon-Sun 9am-2am

Kester Caregivers (KCG) 6817 Kester Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 988-6600 (877) 401-WEED (9333) Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

*Kush Corner Collective (KCC) Open 4/20 at 12am -2am 7135 Kester, Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 568-2202 Fax: (818) 262-8945 Hours: Sun. to Thurs. 11a to 11p & Fri. to Sat: 10:30a to 11:30p

*Kushism (K) 7555 Woodley Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91406 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a to 9p & Sat. 11a to 6p Sun. 12p to 5p Phone: (818) 994-3446

Modern OG Collective (MOGC) 5658 Sepulveda Blvd. Ste 210, Van Nuys, CA 91411 Phone: (818) 782-2278 Hours: Sun to Mon: 10am to 2am

Organic Health Solutions (OHS) 14540 Victory Blvd #100, Van Nuys, Ca 91411 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 8a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 7p Phone: (818) 787-0420

Our Green Planet Collective (OGPC) 14624 Victory Blvd., Van Nuys, Ca 91411 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 10a to 10p & Fri. to Sun. 10a to 1a Phone: (818) 376-8512

Progressive Options (PO) 14545 Friar St. Unit #202, Van Nuys, CA 91411 Phone: (818) 782-4900 Fax: (818) 782-4901 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11:30am - 9:30pm

Red Moon Inc. (RMI) 14350 Oxnard St., Van Nuys, Calif. 91401 Phone: (818) 997-6912 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8p & Sun 10a to 6p

Safe Harbor Patients Collective (SHPC) 5953 Hazeltine Avenue, Suite B (at the back of the medical center), Van Nuys, CA Phone: (818) 902-001

Universal Caregivers (UC) 6320 Van Nuys Blvd #311 Van Nuys

CA, 91401. Phone: (818) 779-1050 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 6p

*Van Nuys Healing Center 14923 Oxnard St, Unit B, Van Nuys (818) 994-5874

Valley Health Center (VHC) 7766 Burnet Unit C Van Nuys, Ca, 91405 Phone: (818) 602-6106

Valley Herbal Center (VHC) 6805-B Hazeltine Ave., Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 786-1100 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 9a to 10p, Sat: 10a to 10p & Sun: 10a to 7p

Valley Patients (VP) 8953 Woodman Ave #101, Arleta, CA Phone: (818) 895-5645 Hours: 7 Days a Week from 8:30am to 9PM

Van Nuys Compassionate Caregivers (VNCC) 7026 Van Nuys Blvd., Van Nuys, CA 91405 Phone: (818) 660-2646 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 10p & Sun: 11a to 8p

Van Nuys Organics (VNO) 6360 Van Nuys Blvd. #159, Van Nuys, CA 91401 Phone: (818) 785-7707 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 10p & Sunday 10a to 8p

Studio CityAlternative Medicine Group

10964 Ventura Blvd. (818) 762-5886

California Organic Treatment Center 11644 Ventura Blvd. (818) 506-5948

City Organic Remedies (COR) 11306 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604 Phone: (818) 980-1122 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 8p

Green Aid Pharmacy (GAP) 3441 West Cahuenga Blvd, Suite 5, Los Angeles, CA 90068 Phone: (323) 436-0259 Fax: (323) 436-0578 Hours: Mon-Sat 10:30a to 8:00p Sun: 11:00a - 5:00p

*Gourmet Green Room 2000 Cotner Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025 (310) 473-3509

LAHC 11101 Ventura Blvd #1, Studio City, 91604 Phone: 818-506-6364 Fax: - Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 9p, Sun: 12p to 9p

*Secret Garden 4346 Laurel Cyn., Studio City. CA 91604 (818) 985-HELP

Studio City Private Organic Therapy (SCPOT)

11557 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA 91604 Phone: 818-506-7144 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

Studio City Caregivers (SCC) 3625 Cahuenga Blvd., Los Angeles, CA Phone: 323-850-1847 Fax: 323-850-1848 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11:30a to 9p & Sunday: Noon to 5:00p

*Wellness Earth Energy Dispensary (WEED) 12021 1/2 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, CA Phone: (818) 980-2266 Fax: (818) 980-2265 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p

Granada HillsCaregivers Earth Ordinance (CEO)

17050 Chatsworth St #243, Granada Hills, CA Phone:(818) 530-2614 Fax:(818) 530-2615 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 8p Sun: 12p to 8p

Granada Hills Discount Farmacy (GHDF) 17656 Chatsworth St., Granada Hills, CA 91345 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a to 9p & Sat. 11a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 8p Phone: (818) 366-4433

*Herbal Medicine Care Inc. 10138 Topanga Cyn. Blvd., Chats-worth, Ca. 91311 (818) 717-8710

Mission Hills Patients Collective (MHPC) 9911 Sepulveda Blvd., Mission Hills, CA Phone: (818) 894-5100 & Fax: (818) 894-5117 Hours: Mon. to Sun: 10am -9pm

Sherman OaksDaddy’s Collective (DC)

14430 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Phone: (818) 817-9517 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 11a to 10p & Fri. to Sat. 11a to 11p & Sun. 11a to 9p

The Holland House (THH) 14006 Ventura Blvd., 2nd Floor, Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Phone:818-849-5500 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10AM-10PM

The Greenhouse 5156 Sepulveda Blvd. Sherman Oaks (818) 386-1343

Emerald Triangle Ministry 13321 Ventura Blvd Sherman Oaks (818) 386-1343

Medical Marijuana Relief Clinic (MMRC) 14303 Ventura Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91401 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 11a to 8p, Fri. 11a to 9p, Sat. 11a to 8p & Sun. 12p to 7p Phone: (818) 783-3888

So Cal Herbal Care Inc. (SCHCI) 13238 Riverside Dr., Sherman Oaks,


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Phone: (323) 550-8043 Fax: (323) 550-8143 Hours: Sun. to Thur: 11:30am-8pm, Fri. to Sat: 11:30am-9pm

Cal Medical Caregivers Assoc. 15838 Halliburton Rd. Hacienda Heights (626) 336-2652

*Apothecary Collective 5405 Alhambra Ave, Los Angeles (323) 222-4420

The Holistic Co-op 2627 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. East Los Angeles (323) 540-6700

South Gate Herbal Healing South Gate (526) 634-1354

A.M.C.C.P. 193 W. Arrow Highway Pomona (626) 332-0505

*Santa Fe Springs Compassionate Health Care Collective 13128 Telegraph Rd. #C Santa Fe Springs, CA (526) 941-1111 www.sfchr.net

Natural Remedy South Gate (323) 357-7900

California Caregiver Collective Downy,South Gate, Paramount, Bell (323) 515-3952

Starlight 420 Center 15640 Leffingwell Rd East Los Angeles (562) 947-8075

Santa Fe Compassionate Health Center Santa Fe Springs (562) 941-1111

AP Natural Solutions 9841 Alburtis Ave. Santa Fe Springs (562) 991-9393

Downey Wellness Downey (526) 726-8752

Cornerstone Research Collective (CRC) 4623 Eagle Rock blvd., Los Angeles, CA Not accepting new patients at this time Phone: (323) 259-8933

East Los Angeles Compassionate Care-givers (ELACC) 1905 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90021 Phone: (323) 770-9319

The Green Cross (TGC) 2912 Colorado Blvd., Eagle Rock, CA 90041 Hours: Open 7 Days: 8:30a to 9:30p Phone: (818) 241-6300

Green Earth Collective (GEC) 5045 York Blvd., Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 982-9042 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 10:00a to 8:00p, Sat: 11:00a to 8:00p, Sun: 11:00a to 6:00p

Green Leaf Collective (GLC) 5607 Huntington Dr., Los Angeles, Ca 90032 Phone: (323) 343-0100 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 8p

Hazelwood Patients Collective (HWPC) 3208 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, 90065 Phone: - (323)-542-9140

Herbal Medicine For You (HMFY) 2637 Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90023 Hours: Mon to Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 11a to 5p Phone: (323) 264-2224

Herbs “R” Us (HRU) 1844 Cypress Ave. (enter from rear) Phone: (323) 725-0001

LA Collective (LAC) 3401 Glendale Blvd. Unit #B, Los Angeles, CA 90039 Phone: (323) 669-8395 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8p & Sun. 10a to 6p

Medical Caregivers Association (MCA) 4344 Eagle Rock Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90041 Phone: (323) 551-KUSH (5874) Hours: Mon. to Wed: 9a - 10p, Thurs. to Sat: 9a - 12a & Sun: 11a - 7p

Nature’s Cure Patients Collective (NCPC) 4577 Valley Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90032 Phone: (323) 225-1815 Fax: (323) 225-1630 Hours: 11:30am to 8:00pm Sun. to Thurs. & Fri and Sat: 11:30am to 9:00pm.

Soto Street Collective (SSC-ELA) 1260 S. Soto Stree. Unit #1 Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 262-8288 Fax: (323) 262-8388 Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 11:30a to 8p, Fri. to Sat: 11:30a to 9:00p

Universal Caregivers Center (UCC) 4157 Eagle Rock Blvd. Unit 4, Los Angeles CA 90065 Phone: (866) 975-7215 Hours: Mon to Sat: 11a to 9p and Sun: 11a to 7p

West Los Angeles*420 Collective

12421 Venice Blvd. Venice, Ca. 90066 (310) 401-3454

B. Green (BG) 10835 Santa Monica Blvd. Unit 204-A Los Angeles, CA 90025 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 10p & Sun. 12p to 10p Phone: (310) 234-6634

Canna Care Relief (CCR) 1716 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11 am to 8 pm & Sun: 12pm to 6pm Phone: (310) 473-4105

Culver City Collective (CCC) 10887 Venice Blvd., Unit #A Los Angeles, CA Hours: Mon. to Sun: 11:30am to 8:00pm Phone: (310) 838-5888

Farmacopeia Organica (FO) 468 S. Robertson Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: (424) 354-1700

Phone: (310) 626-3333Westside Healing Center

6915 Melrose Ave. (323) 965-7700

Zen Healing Collective (ZHC) 8464 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hol-lywood Phone: (323) 656-6611 Mon. to Sat. 11a-8p & Sun. 11a-7p

HollywoodLA OG Collective

7350 Melrose Ave (corner of Fuller) Hollywood (323) 782-9859

Canto Diem 5419 Sunset Blvd. #5, Hollywood (323) 465-4420

Hollyweed 1607 N. El Centro #24 Hollywood (323) 469-9073

City of Angels Wellness Center 6435 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood (323) 466-2295

*Eden Therapy Caregivers, 6757 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood (323) 463-8937

Sunset Holistic 4477 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 200 Hol-lywood (323) 668-0402

Better Alternative Treatment (BAT) 7353 Melrose Ave. 2nd Floor Los Angeles Phone: (888) 420-NUGS (6847) Hours: Sun. to Thurs. 10a to 8p & Fri. to Sat. 10a to 10p

*California Herbal Healing Center (CHHC) 1437 N. La Brea Ave., Hollywood Phone: (877) 420-KUSH (5874) Hours: 11a to 11p 7 days a week

Calimeds (CM) 6910 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles Phone: (323) 938-0506 Hours: Mon to Sat: 10a to 12a, Sun: 10a to 9pm

City of Angels (COA) 6435 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Ca 90028 Phone: (323) 466-2295 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 9p & Sun. 12p to 9p

Cosmo’s (COS) 1603 Cosmo St., Hollywood, CA 90028 Phone: (323) 960-0887 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 11p & Sun: 12p to 6p

Eden Therapy (ET) 6757 1/2 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA, 90038 Phone: -323-463-8937 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 11p

Evergreen Co-operative Collective (ECC) 1606 N. Gower St., Hollywood CA 90028 Phone: (323) 466-2100 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 10p

Go Green Collective (GGC) 1669 N. Western Ave., Hollywood, CA 90027 Phone: (323) 212-0812 Hours: 10a to 12a 7 Days a week

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Grateful Meds (GM) 744 N. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, Ca 90038 Call for Pre-Verification. Hours: Mon-Sat 11-11 and Sun 12-9 Phone: (323) 939-9111

Green Guild (GG) 1640 Cahuenga Blvd., Unit #206, Hollywood CA 90028 Phone: (323) 836-0013 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 12a to 10p

Hemp Factory #4 (HF4) 6250 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 Hours: (323) 960-0772 Phone: Open 7 Days: 10a to 12a

Hollywood Caregivers (HWCG) 711 N. Virgil, Los Angeles, CA 90029 Phone: (323) 669-9333 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 10a to 10p & Fri. to Sat: 10a to 12a & Sun: 12p to 10p

Kush Mart (KM) 6410 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028 Phone: (323) 464-6465 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 10p & Sun. 11a to 8p

Natural Remedies Caregivers (NRC) 927 1/2 N. Western Ave. Los Angeles CA 90029 (323) 871-9500 Fax: (323) 871-9501. Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 7p

Melrose Herbal Pharmacy (MHP) 7262 Melrose Ave. #A Los Angeles, CA 90046 (enter from the alley) (323) 933-1906 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

*Santa Monica Collective 11957 Santa Monica Blvd. Ste 101 Los Angeles, CA 90025 310.473.8444 310.473.8443 FAX

Southwest Caregivers (SWCG) Call for pre-verification & directions (323) 660-3776 Hours: Mon. to Wed: 11a to 10p & Thurs. to Sat: 11a to 12a Sun: 12p to 9p

West Coast Natural Pain Relief Inc. (WCNPR) 5421 Santa Monica Blvd. Unit D Hollywood, CA 90029 323-463-4444 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

East Los AngelesAmerican Eagle Collective (AEC)

2501 Colorado Blvd. Unit B, Eagle Rock, CA 90041 Phone: (323) 739-0215 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 9a to 9p & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 7p

Colorado Collective (CC) 1121 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041

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Green Earth Collective, 5045 York Blvd., Los Angeles (323) 982-9042.

NHI Caregivers 5065 Hollywood Blvd #201 Los Angeles (323) 665-2499

Korea Town Collective, 3567 W. 3rd St, Los Angeles (213) 384-2403.

Euphoric Caregivers, 1155 N. Vermont #202, Los Angeles (323) 664-9900

*California Patients Alliance, 8271 Melrose #102, Los Angeles (323) 655-1735

Living Earth Wellness Center, 4207 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 936-5000.

Culver City Collective, 10887 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 838-5888.

Cali’s Finest Compassionate Co-op, 8540 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 838-5800

Robertson Caregivers Beverlywood, 2515 S. Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 837-7279

The Healing Touch, 4430 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 644-7300

Hazelwood Patients Collective, 3208 Eagle Rock Blvd Los Angeles (323) 542-9140

Hyperion Healing, 1913 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles (323) 953-1913

Herbal Healing Center (HHC) Co-Op 1051 S. Fairfax Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 934-4314.

Soto Street Collective 1260 S. Soto #1, Los Angeles (323) 262-8288.

Medical Caregivers Association 4344 Eagle Rock (323) 551-5874

Los Angeles Cannabis Club, 5072 W. Pico Blvd Los Angeles (323) 937-7706. Los Angeles

SouthWest Caregivers, 4614 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 660-3776

*Sunset Herbal Corner, Inc. 7725 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90046 [email protected] (323) 851-5554 (323) 851-5559 fax

*Green E 7948 W. 3rd St. Los Angeles (877) 321-5874

Marina Caregivers, 730 Washington Blvd. Marina Del Rey (310) 574-4000

Organica Collective 13456 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Rey (310) 578-2945.

Beach Center Collective 310 Culver Blvd, Playa Del Rey (310) 821-4420

Alternative Caregivers Discount Dispensary 122 S. Lincoln Ave #204, Venice (877) 219-3809.

Supplemental Organic Solutions, Inc 2501 Lincoln Blvd. Venice (310)-450-9141

Ironworks Collective, 4100 Lincoln Blvd Venice/Marina (310) 305-8425

*Venice Beach Care Center 410 Lincoln Blvd, Venice (310) 399-4307

NILE Collective, 1501 Pacific Ave, Venice (310) 392-9900

Crescent Alliance for Sickle-Cell / Nigri-tian Kief Society Los Angeles (323) 232-0935

*Western Caregivers Group Collec-tive 467 N.Western Ave Los Angeles 323-464-5571

The Farmacy Venice, 1509 Abbot Kinney Venice (310) 392-3890

The Farmacy Westwood, 1035 Gayley Ave. Westwood (310) 208-0820

Melrose Holistic, 4901 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles (323) 466-0036

Grasshopper:A Nonprofit Collective, Inc. 5027 York Blvd. Highland Park (323) 344-9338

Universal Caregivers Center, 4157 Eagle Rock Boulevard Suite 4 Los Angeles (866) 975-7215.

High Quality Caregivers, 1344 North Highland Ave. Suite 103 Los Angeles (877) 320-9333

Olive Tree, 645 S. Olive St. Los Angeles also Downtown (213) 909-7315

Grateful Meds, 744 N. La Brea Los Angeles 323-939-9111.

California Caregivers Alliance (CCA), 2815 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles (213) 353-0100

The Green Easy (T.G.E.) 7948 W. 3rd St. Los Angeles (877) 321-KUSH(5874)

LAX Patient Remedies 5300 West Century Suite 124 Los Angeles (310) 645-133

*Blue Sky 5302 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles (323) 406-4732 (323) 871-0046

Hollywood THC 5322 Sunset Los Angeles (323) 465-9513

Keep It Medical, 3322 Barham Boulevard Los Angeles (323) 851-0204

Farmacopeia Organica, 468 South Robertson Los Angeles (424) 354-1700

Overland Gardens, 2452 Overland Ave. Los Angeles (310) 845-9117

Slauson Leaves, 4435 West Slauson Ave. Unit B Los Angeles 323-298-2047 or 323-952-3126

Westwood Caregivers, 10966 Le Conte Ave. Los Angeles (310) 209-3333

*Canna Health Caregivers Los Angeles (323) 743-8070

Westchester Collective 8936 South Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 202 Los Angeles (310) 410-3200

Pain Releaf Discount Collectives 1359 S. Redondo Blvd. Los Angeles (323) 935-0383

Gourmet Green Room Venice 736 Lincoln Blvd. Venice (310) 581-0600

American Eagle Collective 2501 Colorado Bl. #B Eagle Rock (323) 739-0215

Vermont Herbal Center 955 S. Vermont Ave. #T Los Angeles (213) 387-5203

314 W. Olympic Herbal Center (WOHC) 314 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90015 Phone: (213) 744-0036 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8p & Sun. 10a to 6p

420 Grand Caregivers (420GC) 2802 1/2 Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90007 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 8p Phone: (213) 748-1992

Absolute Herbal Pain Solutions (AHPS) 901 S. La Brea Ave # 3, Los Angeles, Phone: (323) 932-6263 Fax: (323) 932-6264 Hours: Mon. to Sun. 11a to 12a

SouthWest Caregivers 4614 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 660-3776

*Atwater Alternative Care Collective (AACC) 3106 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039 Phone: (323) 661-6200 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11a to 10p & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 9p

Beverly Medical Center (BMC) 3109 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057 Phone: (213) ITS-KUSH Hours: Sun- Thurs: 10a to 10p & Fri-Sat: 24 Hrs

*Blue Sky (BS) 5302 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Ca 90027 Phone: (323) 406-4732 Hours: Open 7 Days: 8a to 10p

Buds On Melrose (BOM)

7418 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046 Phone: (323) 272-4972 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 11a to 12a & Fri. to Sat: 11a to 2:30a & Sun: 12p to 10p

*Canna Health Caregivers (CHC) 5208 W. Pico Blvd. Unit #7, Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 743-8070 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Connoisseur’s Collection Collective (CONCC) 562 South San Vicente, Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: (310) 461-7211 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 9:30p & Sun: 12p to 6p

Cypress Street Collective (CSC) 19523 Cypress St., Covina, CA 91724 (21 and over, parking in back) Phone: (626) 339-4420 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

Downtown Natural Caregivers (DNC) 312 S. Wall St., Los Angeles, CA Phone: (213) 625-0301 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p

Exclusive Caregivers of California (ECC) 2157 1/2 W. Century Blvd., Los Ange-les, CA 90047 Phone: (323) 754-2209 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a-9p & Sun: 1p-9p

Euphoric Caregivers (EC) 1155 N Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 664-9900 Hours: Open 7 Days 11a to 8p

*Fountain of Well Being (FOWB) 3835 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029 Phone: (323) 662-0900 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 9p & Sun: 11a to 6p

Global Meds Collective (GMEDS) 3425 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039 Phone: (323) 953-0565

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*Gourmet Green Room 736 Lincoln Blvd., Venice CA 90021 (310) 581-0600

Green Cure (GC) 1716 Main St., Venice, CA 90291 Phone: (310) 306-5511 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

Greener Pastures Collective (GPC) 1101 S. Robertson Blvd #104, Los Angeles, CA 90035 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 11a to 8p & Sat. to Sun. 12p to 8p Phone: (310) 744-1600 Fax: (310) 744-1601

The Green Oasis (GO) 11924 West Jefferson Blvd., West Los Angeles /Culver City, CA 90230 Phone: (323) 389-1899 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Inglewood Discount Caregivers Inc. (IDCI) 1121 S. La Brea Ave. Inglewood, CA 90301 Phone: (310) 671-0300 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 8p

JJ Herbal Pharmacy (JJHP) Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025 Phone: (310) 979-3816 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p & Closed Sunday

Organic Caregivers (OC) 2249 A Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles,

CA 90064 (entrance behind jewelry store) Phone: (424) 832-7684 Hours: 11am to 11pm 7 days a week

The Organic Pharmacy (TOP) 11607 Washington Place, Los Ange-les, CA 90066 Phone: (310) 915-1595 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 10p

*Purelife Alternative Wellness Center (PLAWC) 1649 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA Phone: (310) 246-9345 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 12p to 9p & Sun. 12p to 8p

The Rain Forest Collective (RFC) 12515 Venice Blvd., West Los Angeles Phone: (310) 391-0011 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 10p & Sun: 12p to 8p

Venice Collective (VC) 12581 Venice Blvd. 2nd Floor Ste 201, Los Angeles, CA 90066 Phone: (310) 437-0308 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 10p & Sun. 11a to 6p

* Venice Holistic Caregivers 10955 Venice Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90034 (310)837-5100

Westchester Collective (WC) 8936 South Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 202 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (310) 410-3200

Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 11am - 8pm & Fri. to Sat: 11am - 9pm

West L.A. Caregivers (WLAC) 8621 Bellanca Ave. Ste 100, West Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (310) 645-1064 Hours: 11a to 7p 7 days a week

West LA Collective Caregivers (WLACC) Deliveries. Call for details. Phone: (310) 953 2475

Westwood Caregivers (WCG) 10966 Le Conte Ave., Westwood Vil-lage, CA 90024 Phone: (310) 209-3333 Hours: 11a to 2a 7 days a week

Westwood Organic (WO) 1722 Westwood Blvd., Unit #201, Los Angeles, Ca 90024 Phone: (310) 441-1200 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p

Westside CC (WSCC) 10655 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064 Phone: (310) 446-0730 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 12p to 8p

*Wilshire Healing (WH) 11906 Wilshire Blvd., West Los Angeles, CA 90025 Phone: (310) 478-6655 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 10a to 10p & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 11p

*LA Patients and Caregivers Group 7213 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hol-lywood (at Formosa) (323) 882-6033

AHHS (Alternative Herbal Health Services) 7828 Santa Monica (@ Fairfax) West Hollywood (323) 654-8792

Medical Marijuana Farmacy 7825 Santa Monica Blvd (323) 848-7981

Zen Healing Collective, 8464 Santa Monica Blvd, W. Hol-lywood (323) 656-6611.

West Hollywood Center for Compas-sionate Healing, 8921 Sunset Blvd. @ San Vicente W. Hollywood (310) 626-3333

Downtown & West LA*420 Grand Caregivers

2802 ½ S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles 90007 (213) 748-1992 [email protected]

The Holistic Caregivers, 1321 E. Compton Blvd, Compton (310) 629-4386

Northeast Collective Group, 4515 York Blvd., Eagle Rock /Los Angeles (323) 255-2526.

*Eagle Rock Herbal Collective 4729 Eagle Rock Blvd, Eagle Rock/Los Angeles. (323) 257-4420

Highland Park Patient Collective, 5716 N. Figueroa Ave, Highland Park (626) 610-3145

T.H.C. Vermont , 14102 S. Vermont Blvd, Gardena (310) 527-4341.

Inglewood Wellness Center 3 18 S. Market St. Inglewood (310) 674-4444

Green Sun Collective, 5593 W. Manchester Ave. Los Angeles (310) 338-1394.

Arts District Healing Center, 620 E. 1st St. Los Angeles (213) 687-9981 .

“@ Downtown” Wellness Center, 423 W. Venice Blvd. Los Angeles 213-746-3355.

Downtown Collective, 1600 S. Hill St. #D, Los Angeles (213) 746-5420 .

KUSH Collective, 1111 S. La Brea Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 938-KUSH La Brea Collective, 812 S. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles (323) 939-3374.

*Apothecary 420, 330 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles (323) 836-0420.

Hollywood Holistic, 1543 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 481-0660

Crenshaw Holistic Caregivers, 4427 1/2 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 291-5420

Canna Care Relief, 1716 S. Sepulveda Blvd #105, Los Angeles (310) 473-4105

Purple Heart Compassionate, 5823 B West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 938-8880

*The Natural Way of L.A. 5817 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 936-4300.

Herbalcure Cooperative 11318 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 310.312.5215 866.LOVE.420

City Compassionate Caregivers 606 E. 4th St., Los Angeles (213) 617-0447.

Higher Path Holistic Care 1302 W Sunset Blvd (213) 484-1001 or (213) 977-0907 or (866) 420-PATH.

Liberty Bell Temple, 2823 Hyperion Ave, Silverlake (323) 663-2420

Purelife Alternative Wellness Center 1649 So. La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 246-9345

Herbal Remedies Caregivers, 5204 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles (323) 913-0931.

Heaven on Earth Healing, 4517 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 661-8894.

Downtown Patients’ Group, 1753 S. Hill St. #8, Los Angeles (213) 747-3386

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Long Beach & South Bay1 Love Beach Club(1LBC)

2767 East Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90803 Phone: (562) 343-5388 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 8p & Sun: 12p to 5p

215 Collective (215C) Call for directions and pre-verifica-tion Phone: (562) 212-4265 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11a -7p and Sat. to Sun: 11a -4p. Appointments avail-able for non-business hours.

420 Highway Pharmacy 18710 S. Normandie Ave. #D Gardena (310) 530-1628

South Bay Collective 1151 W. Pacific Coast Hwy Ste 4-A, Harbor City (310) 530-1628

Quality Discount Caregivers 1150 San Antonio Dr. Long Beach (562) 988-8889

CCLB 4010 Long Beach Blvd. Long Beach (562) 492-6091

Southern California Herbal Network 600 S. Pacific Ave, #104 San Pedro (310) 547-4500

Natural Wellness Caregivers Group 1111 S. Pacific Ave. San Pedro (310)514-9665

Delta-9 Torrance Herbal Collective

1321 W. Carson St., Torrance (310) 618-3582

Green Cross 1658 W. Carson St. #B Torrance (310) 533-9363

Long Beach Patients Collective 854 Rendondo Ave., Long Beach (562) 438-4107

Compassionate Health Center Long Beach (562) 985-0494

Alternative Medicine Group 5543 Alantic Ave. Long Beach (562) 612-4637

Green Nurse Collective Inc. 1532 E. Broadway Long Beach (714) 507-8270

Sunshine Holistic Care Long Beach (562) 434-5010

MarijuanaMarket.com 565 Pier Ave. #915 Hermosa Beach (310) 797-1100

Southbay Wellness Network 1127 W. Anaheim St. Wilmington (310) 847-6199

*Alternative Herbal Health (AHH) 3702 East Anaheim St., Long Beach, Ca 90804 Phone: (562) 597-1199 Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 10a to 8p & Fri. to Sat: 10a to 9p

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God’s Gift Herbs Center (GGHC) 8411 S. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90044 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 6p Phone: (323) 753-3056

The Healing Touch (THT) 4430 Santa Monica Blvd. Suite 105, Los Angeles, CA 90029 Phone: - (323) 644-7300

Herbal Healing Center (HHC) 1051 South Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019 Phone: (323) 934-4314

Herbal Love Downtown (HLDT) 4120 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, Ca 90037 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 9p & Sun. 12p to 8p Phone: (323)233-4420

Herbal Relief Caregivers (HRC) 6317 Wilshire Blvd Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 951-9992 Fax: (323) 951-9993 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 7p

High Quality Caregivers Center (HQCC) 1344 N. Highland Ave Unit 103, Los Angeles CA 90028 Phone: (877) 320-9333 (WEED) Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 9p, Sun: 11a to 6 p

*Hill Organic Herbs (HOH) 718 S. Hill St. Ste 200, Los Angeles, CA 90014

Phone: (213) 627-1004 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 11a to 8p & Fri. to Sat: 11a to 10p & Sun: 11a to 6p

Holistic Harvest (HH) 3511 W. Olympic Blvd. Ste 204, Los Angeles, CA 90019 Phone: (323) 766-8865 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 8p & Sun: 12p to 6pm

Holistic Healing Alternatives (HHA) 1400 South Olive Street, Los Angeles, CA Phone: (213) 746-4445 phone

Hollywood Hills Holistic (HHH) 1915 N. Highland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90068 Phone: (323) 874-5159 Hours: 11a to 9p 7 days a week

The Home of Compassion (THOC) 2461 So. Robertson Blvd., Los Ange-les, CA 90034 Phone: (310) 842-4740 Hours: 9a to 7p 7 Days a week

KKC Collective (KKCC) 2214 S. Vermont St., Los Angeles, CA 90007 Phone: (323) 733-2581 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Kush Collective (KC) 1111 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 11p & Closed Sun. Phone: (323) 938-KUSH (5874)

LA Confidential Caregivers (LACC) 7263 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046

Phone: (323) 272-4738 Hours: Thur. to Sun: 12p to 10p & Fri. to Sat: 12p to 12a

LA Organic Pharmacy (LAOP) 4901 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 11a to 8p & Sat. to Sun. 11a to 4p Phone: -(323) 463-3920

*LA Wonderland Caregivers (LAWC) 4410 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 936-4410 Fax: (888) 569-3565 Hours: 12p to 9p *LAXCC 5710 Manchester Ave. Ste 203, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (310) 568-9602 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 12p to 8p

LAX Patient Remedies (LAXPR) 5300 W. Century Blvd. Ste 124, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (310) 645-1330 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

Med X Express Caregivers (MXEC) 441 1/2 E. 16th St., Los Angeles, CA 90015 Phone: (213) 746-6256 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 8a to 8p & Sat. to Sun. 10a to 8p

Melrose Compassion Center (MCC) 654 N. Manhattan Place, Los Ange-les, CA 90004 Phone: (323) 466-1245

Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 9p & Sun: 10a to 8p

Melrose Holistic (MH) 4901 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p, Closed on Sundays Phone: (323) 466-0036 Nature’s Wonder Caregivers Group (NWCG) 3600 Olympic Blvd. #7, Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 733-2950

Pain Releaf Discount Collective (PRDC) 1359 S. Redondo Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019 Phone: (323) 935-0383 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 12p to 8p & Closed Sunday

Precision Medical Caregivers (PMC) 3913 W. 6th St., Los Angeles, CA 90020 Phone: (213) 382-7971 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 5p

Purple Heart Compassionate (PHC) 5823 W.Pico blvd #B, Los Angeles, CA90019 Phone: (323) 272-4392

Relax Herbal Place Inc. (RHPI) 5427 W. Pico Blvd. #201, Los Angeles, CA 90019 Phone: (323) 456-4677 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 9a to 9p & Sat. to Sun: 10a to 5p

The Relief Collective (TRC) 5669 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019

Hours: - Phone: (323) 938-9800

Robertson Discount Center (RDC) 1147 Robertson Blvd, Suite 102, Los Angeles, CA 90053 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 7p Phone: (310) 858-0888

Shiva’s Garden Collective (SGC) 6110 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035 Phone: (323) 655-0079 Hours: 11a to 9p 7 Days a week

Silverlake Caregivers Group (SLCG) 240 N. Virgil Ave. Suite #10, Los Angeles, CA Phone: (213) 487-5442 Hours: Mon. to Sat.10a to 8p & Closed Sun.

Slauson Caregivers Center (SCC) 3708 W. Slauson Ave., Unit #B, Los Angeles, Ca 90043 Phone: (877) 310-WEED (9333) Hours: Mon-Sat: 11a to 8p, Sun: 11a to 6p

St. Andrew’s Pharmacy (SAG) 432 S. San Vicente blvd. Los angeles, CA Phone: (310) 855-0420 Fax: (310) 855-0182 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11am to 11pm & Sun: 12pm-6pm

Sunset Holistic 4477 Hollywood Blvd. Unit #200, Los Angeles, CA 90027 (Enter on Hillhurst) Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 8p Phone: (323) 664-1100

*Sunset Discount Providers 1498 W. Sunset Blvd. #6, Los Ange-les, CA 90026 (323)661-6200

Sunset Organic Center (SOC) 2210 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026 Phone: (213) 908-7442 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Vermont Herbal Center (VHC) 955 S. Vermont Ave. Ste T, Los Ange-les, CA 90006 Phone: (213) 387-5203 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 Days a week

Western Caregivers Group Collective (WCGC) 467 N.Western Ave., Los Angeles,CA 90004 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 12p to 9p & Closed Sun. Phone: (323) 464-5571

Western Theraputic Collective (WTC) 447 S. Western Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90020 Phone: (213) 381-5209 Hours: 7 days a week, 10am to 9pm

Westside Healing Center (WSHC) 6915 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038 Phone: (818) 836-1043 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Wilshire Compassionate Collective (WCC) 3008 Wilshire Blvd. Unit #100, Los Angeles CA 90010 Phone: (213) 739-2761 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11:00am to

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Temecula, Murrietta, Lake Elsinore (951) 216-9201

California Alternative Medical Solu-tions 58967 Business Center Drive, Ste H Yucca Valley (800) 409-7969

420 Cannabis Cafe & Patient Center Riverside (951) 688-7931

C.A.P.S. Collective 4050 Airport Center Dr. Palm Springs (760) 864-8700

The Compassionate Collective of California 555 N. Commercial Drive, #5 Palm Springs (760) 325-2262

Lake Forest Community Collective 24602 Raymond Way, Suite 201 Lake Forest (949) 690-7048

CannaHelp 505A Industrial Place Palm Springs (760) 327-2504

Orange County Independent Collec-tive 24602 Raymond Way #206 Lake Forest (949) 770-4420

OC Collective and 215 Patient Bakery Anaheim (714) 758-3500

Healing Orange County Patient Assn. 1665 East 4th St. Suite 112 Santa Ana, CA 92701 (714) 835 - 4206

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Orange Co. Patient Group 2315 E. 17th St. #4 Santa Ana (714) 547-2525

Alternative Medical Caregivers 13912 Ponderosa St #H Santa Ana (714) 667-0800

Medical Collective Of Garden Grove 13252 Garden Grove Blvd. #209 (714) 663-1420

Alternative Primary Caregivers Col-lective South OC (866) 699-2451

Southern California Caregivers OC (949) 243-5638

The Modest House Collective (949) 439-2867

The Valley Coast Collective Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, & Fountain Valley (714) 369-9786

Healthy Living Hospice Center 1800 E. Garry Ave. #221 Santa Ana (866) 575-5430

Orange County Caregivers Collective South OC. (949) 370-2480

San Clemente Caregivers So. OC. and No. SD counties

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Southern California Collective (714) 235-0755

Omega Healthcare Collective Santa Ana, Irvine, Costa Mesa (949) 836-4833

S.A.M.C. 1651 East Edinger Suite 104 Santa Ana (714) 547-1373

Lake Forest Community Collective 24602 Raymond Way, Suite 201 Lake Forest (949) 690-7048

The C.A.R.E. Resource Center 14482 Beach Blvd. Suite Z, West-minster (888) 714-6337

So-Cal Compassion Orange County (714) 417-1322

The Healing Center Laguna Hills (949) 981-4351

Green Shield of California N. Orange Co. (714) 257-9561

Beach Cities Collective (BCC) 26841 Calle Hermosa Unit C, Capist-rano Beach, CA 92624 Phone: (949) 481-5046 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 7p Closed Sunday

Camm Collective (CC) Serving Orange County, Call for Verification and Information. Phone: (949) 242-9168 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11am-7pm, Sat. to Sun: 12pm-6pm

*Dana Point Safe Harbor Collective (DPSHC) 4102 Violet Lantern St., Dana Point CA, 92629 Phone: (949) 488-0114 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

GGECO 26730 Towne Centre Dr. Ste 203, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 Phone: 1-(888)-TO-GGECO(864-4326) Hours: 10a to 8p 7 days a week

Lake Forest Alternative Center (LFAC) 22471 Aspan St. Ste 207, Lake Forest, CA 92630 Phone: (949) 458-2500 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9:30a to 7p & Closed Sunday

Lake Forest Designated Caregivers (LFDC) 24602 Raymond Way, Unit #203, Lake Forest, Ca 92630 Phone: (949) 836-0417 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 9a to 8p & Sun. 10a to 7p & All Holidays 10a to 5p

Lake Forest Health Wellness Center (LFHWC) 23072 Lake Center Dr. #110, Lake Forest, CA 92630 Phone:(949) 859-1158 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week

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A Soothing Remedy Cooperative 1521 W. Willow St., Long Beach, CA 90810 Phone: (562) 612-4388 Hours: Sun. to Thurs. 11a to 8p & Fri. 11a to 4p & Sat. 8p to 11p

Canna Collective Long Beach (CCLB) 4010 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90807 Hours: Mon. to Sun: 10a to 8p Phone: (562) 492-6091

Compassionate Health Center (CHC) 3751 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach, CA 90804 Phone: (562) 985-0494 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a to 8p & Sat. to Sun. 10a to 7p

Health Alternative Collective (HAC) 3428 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90807 Phone: (562) 427-9999 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11a to 8p & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 7p

Herbal Discount Center (HDC) 1206 E. Wardlow Rd., Long Beach, CA Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 8p Phone: (562) 997-2929

Herbal Solutions Compassionate Caregivers (HSCC) 5746 E 2nd st. Long Beach, Ca Phone: (562) 434-5075 & Fax: (562)439-8295 Hours: 11am-8pm

LB Natural Solutions (LBNS) 743 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90802 Phone: 562-437-6929 Hours: 11am to 11pm 7 days a week

Long Beach Collective (LBC) 1734 Artesia Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90805 Phone: (562) 984-2520 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 7p & Closed Sunday

Long Beach Organics (LBO) 851 A Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813 Phone: (562) 495-2000 Hours:Mon to Sat: 10a -10p, Sun: 11a - 7p

Long Beach Quality Discount Care-givers (LBQDC) 1150 San Antonio Dr., Long Beach, CA Phone: (562) 988-8889 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10:30a to 8p

Natures Top Shelf Medicinals (NTSM) 1530 E. Wardlow Rd., Long Beach, Ca Phone: (562) 989-0000 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 7p

*Compassionate Caregivers of San Pedro (CCSP) 410 S. Gaffey St., San Pedro, CA Hours: M—Sat. 10a to 8p, Sun: 11a to 4p Phone: (310) 732-2109Gardena Compassionate Caregivers (GCC) 534 W. 182nd Street, Gardena, CA

90248 Phone: (310) 817-7777 Fax: (310) 808-0587 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p

Green Guild (GG) 26302 S. Western Ave., On the border of Harborcity, CA 90717 Phone: (310) 534-0013 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 12a to 8p

Southern California Herbal Network (SCHN) 600 S. Pacific Ave. Suite #104, San Pe-dro, CA Our entrance is off of 6th St. Phone: (310) 547-4500 Hours: Mon-Sun 11a-8p

Kush Korner II (KKII) 813 Cristobal Ave., Wilmington, CA 90744 Phone: (310) 830-0653 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

South East Los AngelesAP Natural Solutions (APNS)

9841 Alburtis Ave., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone: (562) 991-9393 Hours: 11a TO 11p 7 days a week

Discount Collective of Santa Fe Springs (DCSFS) 11823 E. Slauson Ave. Unit 29, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone: (562) 945-1450 Hours: 11a to 7p 7 days a week

Natures Remedy (NR) 10435 Atlantic Blvd., South Gate, CA 90280 Phone: (323) 357-7900 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 7p & Sun.11a to 6p

Santa Fe Compassionate Health Center (SFCHC) Address: 13128 Telegraph Rd, Suite C, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Call for directions and pre-verifica-tion Phone: (562) 941-1111 Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 10a to 8p, & Fri. to Sat: 10a to 9p

Santa Fe Springs Specialty Health Center 10016 Pioneer Blvd., Unit #112, Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone: (562) 949-0100 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 6p

The Springs Alternative Care (SAC) 11703 Los Nietos Rd., Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 Phone: (562) 699-8960 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 6p

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215 Agenda (215A) Address: 24601 Raymond Way #11 Lake Forest, CA 92630 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p Phone: Verification: (949) 380-8420

Palm Springs Community Caregivers 333 N. Palm Canyon Dr #118 Palm Springs (760) 325-9988

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Chron Don Medical Marijuana Deliv-ery Service (CDMMDS) Serving the Inland Empire, Orange County, Long Beach and surround-ing areas. Phone: (714) 499-8776

Clones 2 Grow Collective Care (C2GCC) Serving Temecula by Appointment Only. Phone: (951) 216-9201 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 9a to 9p

CLS Delivery (CLSD) Caregiving right to your doorstep. Serving San Fernando Valley Phone: (818) 231-4781 Hours: Sun. to Wed. 11a to 9p & Thurs. to Sat. 11a to 12a

Compassion At Your Door (CAYD) Delivery to the 909 & 951 areas. Phone: (951) 224-4572 & (909) 232-5701 Hours: Open 7 Days: 8a to 10p

Covina Collective Delivery (CCD) Call for Delivery Area Information. Hours; Mon. to Sat. 9a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 4p Phone: (626) 848-6453

Farm A.C. Deliveries (FAC) Delivery to all of San Diego County. Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 10p Phone: (858) 525-4106

High Quality Cannacare (HQC) Delivery Serving all of Orange County. Phone: (213) 858-3621

Fax: (213) 341-8170 Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 9p

IE Dispensary Inc. (IEDI) Serving the San Bernardino, River-side, and San Diego Counties Phone: (760) 801-7892 Hours: 9a to 8p 7 days a week

L.A. Confidential (LAC) Serving Los Angeles and Orange County Phone: (626) 257-4514 Hours: 10a to 8p 7 days a week

Med-Way.Net (MWN) Serving Hollywood, The Westside, The Valleys, Palmdale, and Lan-caster Phone: (323) 304-0963 Hours: 11a to 9p 7 days a week

OC Herbal Care (OCHC) Delivery Serving Orange County Phone: (714) 654-3450 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p

Organic Garden Discount Delivery (OGDD) Serving Orange County and sur-rounding areas. Phone: (310) 467-6870 Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 11p

A Patient Group (TPG) Delivery to Santa Clarita, Los Angeles County & San Fernando Valley Phone: (818) 297-0704

Pure Green Releaf (PGR) Serving Ventura Co., Topanga Can-yon, Malibu and the San Fernando

Hours: Mon. to Fri. 12p to 6p & Sat. 12p to 5p & Closed Sun. Phone: (714) 299-6207

The Point Alternative Care (PAC) 34213 S. Pacific Coast Hwy, Unit #C, Dana Point, CA 92629 Phone: (949) 248-5500 Hours: Mon: 10a to 7p, Tues to Sat: 10a to 8pm, Sun: 10a to 6p

Santa Ana Patients Group (SAPG) 1823 17th Street, Unit #209, Santa Ana, CA 92705 Phone: (714) 568-0041 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 6p

South County Alternative (SCA) San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675 Phone: (888) 737-7765 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11am-7pm, Sat. to Sun: 11am-6pm

Suite A- Laguna Health (SALH) Call for Pre-verification South Orange County Location Age limit 21 and over Phone: (949) 249-2570 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 12a to 7p, Sat: 11a to 5p, Closed Sundays

Tranquil Healing Collective Member-ship Association (THCMA) Address: 1638 East 17th St, Suite J, Santa Ana, CA 92705 Phone: (714) 262-9870 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 6:30p & Sun: Closed, by appointment only

Unit - D / Tangent Retail (UDTR) 11471 Brookhurst St. Unit #D, Garden Grove, CA Hours: Mon to Sat: 11a to 8p, Sun: 12p to 6p Phone: (714) 590-9100

The Variety (TV) 15052 Adams St., Unit #A, Midway City, CA 92655 Phone: (714) 893-1263 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 7p

Palm SpringsThe California Collective of Choice (CCOC) Phone: 760-325-2262, After hours: 760-272-2010 Hours: Mon-Sat: 10am to 7pm, & Sunday 12pm to 4pm

Community Caregivers (CC) Palm Springs, CA Phone: (760) 325-9988 Fax: (760) 325-9988 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 6p

CVPA/Herbs and Oils (CVPA) Call for Information and Address Phone: (760) 835-7431

Mother Earth’s Collective (MEC) 1140 Beaumont Avenue Unit E Beau-mont, CA 92223 Phone: (951) 797-0927 Hours: 11a to 7p 7 days a week

South Coast Patients Collective Assoc. (SCPCA) Call for address and verification Phone: (760) 770-0600 Cell: (760) 449-8397 Hours: 8a to 7p 7 Days a week

West Valley Patients Collective Associa-tion (WVPCA) Palm Springs, Ca 92258

Phone: (760) 329-0418 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9:00a to 7:00p

San Diego Beneficial Care Collective (BCC) 740 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: (619) 702-2110

*Green Joy (SAN DIEGO) 4633 Convoy St. Suite #104, San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 268-4488 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 7p & Closed Sunday

Green Tree Solutions (GTS) 8055 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Ste 108A, San Diego, CA 92111 Phone: (858) 278-2128 Hours: 11a to 11p 7 days a week

Hillcrest Compassion Care of San Diego (HCCC) 1295 University Ave. Ste 10, San Diego, CA 92103 Phone: (619) 395-6349 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9am to 10pm

Integrity Workers Cooperative Inc. 2801 Camino Del Rio South #201-6 San Diego, CA 92108 Phone: (619) 692-3995

Southern California Delivery Services215-2-U

Serving the Inland Empire & High Desert Phone: (951) 660-5812 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 Days a week

420 Caregivers (420C) Delivery service covering the West-side Phone: (424) 227-1069 Hours: Open 7 Days: 8a to 12a

420 Inland Empire Deliveries (IED) Region Serves: Riverside, Orange County Hours: Open 7 Days: 9am to 9pm Phone: (951) 515-9213

420 Spiritual Primary Caregiver’s (SPC) Delivery Only: Los Angeles & Orange County Hours: Open 7 Days: 10am-9pm (Last order taken at 9pm) Phone: (562)-536-2502

Affordable Quality Caregivers (AQC) Serving Riverside County Phone: (951) 663-8611 Verification Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm Delivery Hours: Mon-Sat 7am-7pm

Alternative Medicine Delivery (AMD) Serving San Diego & Surrounding Areas Phone: (619) 674-5885 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 10p & Call for Appointment

Cannabliss Deliveries to Southern California Phone: (714) 422-9279 Fax: (714) 616-5444

Canna Cure Collective, Inc (CCCI) Serving Orange County, Inland Em-pire and San Diego County Phone: (949) 329-0909 Hours: 8a to 7p 7 days a week

Canna Pharmacy (CP) San Diego’s Premier Cannabis Col-lective Phone: (619) 523-1974


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Ventura County Deliveries (VCD) Deliveries to Southern California. Phone: (877) 837-4420 Fax: (323) 395-0877 Hours: Hours: 11a to 7p; Closed Monday

BerkeleyBerkeley Cannabis Coop (BCC)

Call for Address & Directions Phone: (510) 486-1025

Berkeley Patients’ Group 2747 San Pablo Ave (510) 540-6013

Berkeley Patients’ Care Collective 2590 Telegraph Ave (510) 540-7878

OaklandBlue Sky Coffee Shop

377 17th St. Oakland, CA Phone: (510) 251-0690 Hours: Mon - Sat 8:30am - 8:00pm Sun 10:00am - 6:00pm

Harborside Health Center (HHC) 1840 Embarcadero, Oakland, CA Phone: (510) 533-0146 & Fax: (510) 533-0148 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 8p

Oakland Patient Center (OPC) 705 Broadway, Oakland, CA Phone: -510-893-0891

Purple Heart Patient Center (PHPC) 415 Fourth. St., Oakland, CA

San Francisco208 Valencia St.

(at Duboce, inside cafe) (415) 621-0131

Alternative Patient Caregivers (APC) 953 Mission #108, San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 618-0680 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11:30a to 6:30p

Alternative Herbal Health 442 Haight St. (415) 864-1300

Alternative Relief Co-op (ARC) 1944 Ocean Ave., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 239-4766 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 12p to 7p

Bay Area Safe Alternatives Inc. (BASA, Inc) 1326 Grove St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 409-1002 Hours: M-F 8:30a to 10:00p, Sat-Sun 9:00a to 10:00p

Dispensary (BHD) 33 29th Street, San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 642-5895 Hours: Open 7 Days: 8a to 8p

Divinity Tree (DT) 958 Geary St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 614-9194 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 7p & Sun. 11a to 6p

Emmalyn’s California Cannabis Clinic (ECCC) 1597 Howard St. Unit #A, San Francisco, CA

Valley Phone: (888)-RELEAF1, (818) 430-4686 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

Relaxed Expressions Collective (REC) Delivery to Riverside and surround-ing areas Phone: (909) 532-2439 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 9a to 7p & Closed Sun.

San Diego and North County Delivery (SDNC) Phone: (760) 801-7892 Hours: 9a to 8p 7 days a week

SGV Delivery (SGVD) Serving the San Gabriel Valley Phone: (626) 890-5336 Hours: 9a to 9p 7 days a week

So. Cal. Delivery Service (SCDS) Delivery to Los Angeles, Orange County, & Inland Empire. Phone: (909) 251-8570

Sticky Icky’s (SI) Serving Orange County, Riverside County, San Diego County, and Sur-rounding Areas. Phone: (949) 637-PUFF (7833) Hours: 7 days a week, 9am to 7pm

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Valencia Street Caregivers (VSC) 208 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 621-0131 Hours: Open 7 Days: 8a to 10p

Santa Cruz*Greenway Compassionate Relief

(GCR) 140 Dubois St #D, Santa Cruz Phone: (831) 420-1640 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 11a to 6p & Sat. 10a to 6p

Hemporium (H) Deliveries, call for delivery area. Phone: (831) 295-9381

Santa Cruz Patients Collective 115 Limekiln St. (831) 425-7272

Wo/Mens Alliance for Medical MJ (831) 425-0580

Alameda, Hayward & Tri-Valley

Garden of Eden 21227 Foothill Blvd., Castro Valley (510) 881-2160

*NBD Collective 7180 Thornton Ave., Newark, CA Phone (510) 401-7188

We Are Hemp 913 East Lewelling Blvd., San Lorenzo (510) 276-2628

Purple Elephant Non-profit Collective 1537 Webster St. Ste. B, Alameda (510) 995-8530

Contra Costa CountyMaricare (MC)

127 Aspen Dr., Pacheco, CA Phone: (925) 459-2929 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 7p

East Bay Patients Association (EBPA) 3223 Pierce St., Richmond CA Phone: (510) 527-0420 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 7p www.ebpatients.org

*Golden State Health Center 865 Marina Bay Parkway #44 Richmond CA 94804 (510)234-1154

Holistic Healing Collective 221 Tewksbury Ave. Pt. Richmond , CA 94801 510-232-1329 www.holistichealingcollective.com

7 Stars Holistic Healing Center, 3288 Pierce St. Suite # M108 Richmond (510) 527-STARS

Central Valley Stockton to Redding & Foothills

*Pathways Health Co-op 20 East Acacia St., Stockton (209) 451-3940 pathwayshealthcoop.com

Golden State Patient Care (GSPC) 233 State Highway 174, Colfax, CA Phone: (530) 346-2514 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 9a to 5p

Phone: (415) 861-1000 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 8p

Grass Roots Clinic (GRC) 1077 Post St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 346-4338 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10p to 7p & Sun. 10a to 5p

Good Fellows Smoke Shop (GFSS) 473 Haight St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 255-1323 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 10p

Green Door 843 Howard St. (415) 541-9590

*Herbal Health Collective (916) 459-6123 www.herbalcollective.org *Hope Net Co-Op (HN) 223 9th St. San Francisco CA Phone: (415) 863-4399 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 12p to 7p & Sat. 12p to 5p Ketama Cooperative 14 Valencia St. (415) 861-2451

Love Shack (LS) 502 14th St., San Francisco, CA Phone: - Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 7p & Sun. 11a to 4p

Mr. Nice Guy (MNG) 174 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 865-0990 Hours: Sun. to Thurs. 11a to 9p & Fri. to Sat. 11a to 11p

Nor Cal Herbal Relief Center (NCHRC) 1545 Ocean Ave. San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 469-7700 Hours: Tues. to Sat. 10a to 7p

Re-Leaf Herbal Center (RHC) 1284 Mission St. @ 9th, San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 355-0420 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 12p to 8p

*Sanctuary 669 O\’Farrell St. San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 885-4420

San Francisco ACT-UP (SFAU) 1884 Market St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 864-6686

San Francisco Patients’ Cooperative (SFPC) 350 Divisadero St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 552-8653

SF Medical Cannabis Clinic #1 (SFMCC1) 122 Tenth St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 626-4781 Hours: Mon. to Wed. 11a to 7p & Thurs. to Sat. 10a 7p & Sun. 11a to 6p

Sweetleaf Collective (SC) Call for Address & Directions. Phone: (415) 273-4663 Hours: Open 7 Days: 8a to 10p

The Patient Place (PP) 4811 Geary Blvd, San Francisco Phone: (415) 221-HEMP


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MEDMAR Clinic Dispensing Collective 210 East Olive Fresno (559) 442-8420

Twisted Medical Center 1810 N. Chester Avenue Bakersfield (559) 442-8420

Marin- North Bay-Napa - SonomaCaregiver Compassion Group

495 Gate 5 Rd. Sausalito CA 94965 (707) 542-7303 or (888) 542-7303

Herban Legend (HL) 18300 Old Coast Hway#3, Fort Bragg, CA Phone: (707) 961-0113 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 6p

Marvin’s Gardens (MG) Call for Address & Directions Phone: (707) 869-1291

North Bay Alternative Healing (NBAH) 1516 Napa St., Vallejo, CA 94590 Phone: (707) 980-7221

Marin Alliance for Medical MJ, Fairfax (415) 256-9328

Vallejo Patients’ Cooperative, 320 Mini Drive Vallejo (707) 557-7709.

Apela Collective, 469 Entrada Drive Novato (415) 234-6957

Sacramento12 Hour Care Collective

12 Hour Care Collective 6666-C Fruitridge Blvd. (916) 386--9727

All About Wellness 1900 19th Street Corner of S & 19th (916) 454-4337

American Collectives Dispensary 1855 Diesel Suite #1 (916) 927-0237

A Therapeutic Alternative 3015 H, Street (916) 400-3095 Fax: (916) 400-3117 [email protected]

Alternative Medical Center 8665 Folsom Blvd. (916) 386-3588

Canna Care (CC) 320 Harris Ave. #G

(916) 925-1199

*Capitol Wellness Collective 2100 29th Street (916) 739-1471

*Capitol Wellness Collective 2400 14th Street (916) 325-9000

CNAA 2150 Bell Ave. (916) 333-4622

City Of Trees Compassionate Care 6743 Fair Oaks Blvd. Carmichael, CA (916) 481-1116 [email protected]

Delta Health and Wellness 2416 17th St. (916) 231-9646

Doctors Orders 1704 Main Ave. (916) 564-2112

East Bay Health Solutions (EBHS) 2201 Northgate Blvd. Suite H (916) 564-6625

*El Camino Wellness Center Col-lective (ECWCC) 2511 Connie Drive Unit #200 Hours: 10am-7pm Mon-Fri Sat 10am-8pm Sun 11pm-6pm (916) 473-2427 [email protected]

*Florin Wellness Center (FWC) 7047 South Land Park Drive (916) 391-8200 Hours: 10am-8pm Mon-Fri,11am-8pm Sat, 11am-6pm Sun

*Fruitridge Health and Wellness Collective (FHWC) 2831 Fruitridge Road Suite E (916) 706-3806

GRASS 4381 Gateway Park Blvd Suite #560 (916) 419-6322 :[email protected]

Green Solutions 1404 28th Street (916) 706-3568

*Horizon Non-Profit Collective 3600 Power Inn Road Suite 1A (916) 455-1931

*Hugs Alternative Care (HUG) 2035 Stockton Blvd. (916) 452-3699 Fax: (916) 452-3620

J Street Wellness Collective 2321 J Street (916) 492-8718

Marconi Medical Center 1105 Marconi Ave. (916) 565-1943

*Natural Herbal Remedies Deliveries 1420 Roseville Pkwy #140111 Roseville, CA (916) 751-9849

Nor Cal Alternative Healing 515 Broadway (916) 448-3590

*Northstar Holistic Collective 1236 C Street

(916) 591-9383One Love Wellness

1841 El Camino Ave (916) 231-5683

P Street Health Center 2012 P Street (916) 930-1920

River City Wellness Collective 3318 Broadway (916) 736-6337

Sacramento Holistic Healing Center (SHHC) 2014 10th Street (916) 930-0939

Sara Jane & Cooperative 908 21st Street (916) 446-8985

South Sacramento Health Center 114a Otto Circle (916) 393-1820

*The Holistic Collective (THC) 4215 Kitty Lane (916) 285-5822 www.thcsac.com

*Unity Non-Profit Collective 1832 Tribute Road Suite E (916) 564-1824

Valley Health Options 1421 Auburn Blvd. (916) 779-0715

The North CoastArcata PCenter

Address: 1085 K St. Arcata Phone: (707) 496-9769 Hours: Mon-Fri: 10a to 7p, Sat: 11a-7p, Sun: 12a-5p

Caregiver Compassion Group Delivers 1 hour deliveries in Sonoma County 9AM-8PM Sun-Thurs 10AM-10PM Fri.& Sat. Phone: (707) 703-842 [email protected]

Humboldt Medical Supply Address: P.O. Box 4629 Arcata, CA 95518 Phone/Fax: (707) 825-6700

Humboldt Patients Co-Op (HPC) 601 I St. #B, Arcata, CA Phone: (707) 822-9330

Humboldt Patient Resource Center Address: 980 6th St. Arcata, Ca Phone: 707-826-7988 Hours: Mon.to Thurs: 10a-5p, Fri: 10a-5:30p

Herban Legend 17851 N. Hwy 1, Fort Bragg (707) 961-0113

*The Green House Wellness Ctr. Santa Rosa, CA 95402 (707) 548-4700

*Organic Cannabis Foundation 301 East Todd Rd. Santa Rosa, CA 95407 (707) 588-8811

Sonoma Patient Group 2425 Cleveland Ave #175 Santa Rosa (707) 526-2800.

Peace in Medicine 6771 Sebastopol Ave (Hwy 12) Sebastopol

(707) 823-4206

Sonoma Alliance for Med MJ (707) 522-0292 Sonoma (Guerneville):

Marvin’s Gardens (707) 869-1291

Lake Co . D & M Compassion Center 15196 Lakeshore Blvd, Clearlake (707) 994-1320

The Patient’s Choice, 9440 Main St., Upper Lake (707) 275-9564

Kelseyville (707) 277-8300

Good Karma Growers Collective 6045 Second Ave. Lucerne (707) 274-2144

The Humboldt Cooperative 601 I St., Suite 2 Arcata (707) 822-9330.

Mendo Remedies Co-Op, 42400 Highway 101 Laytonville (707) 984-7101

Caregiver Compassion Group 495 Gate 5 Rd. Sausalito CA 94965 (707) 542-7303 or (888) 542-7303

Northern California Collective & Vapor Lounge 8050 Lake St. Lower Lake (707) 998-5248

Compassionate Heart 2020 Industry Rd. Ukiah (707) 462-5100

Northern California Delivery Services

5StarCannabis.com (5SCC) Serving South Bay and Peninsula Phone: (415) 424-5189 Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 10p

Cannabis Direct (CD) Phone: (707) 689-2276

Central Valley Caregivers (CVC) Delivery to Northern California. Call for Details. Phone: (209) 346-8645 Hours: Open 7 Days: 7a to 9p

Frosty Purple RX (FPRX) Serving Modesto/Stockton & Central Valley Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 9p Phone: (209) 570-3997 or (415) 410-8298

High Flight Deliveries (HFD) Deliveries to Stockton/Tri-Valley Phone: (209) 346-4489

Jim’z Deliveries (JD) Delivery Service Call for Delivery Area Phone: (916) 519-5328 Hours: Tues to Fri: 10a to 6p

Sam’s Deliveries (SD) Deliveries, call for delivery area Phone: (916) 717-4848 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 6p

South Bay & Peninsula Blue Heaven

3149 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City (650) 361-8009

Evolution 6116 Highway 9 Felton

(650) 537-6256

Lake County

*Alternative Solutions 12867 E. HWY 20 Clearlake Oaks (707) 998-1100

*D&M Compassion Center 15196 Lakeshore Dr. Clearlake (707) 994-1320

COLORADO STATEBoulder420HighWays, LLC

201 E. Simpson St. #B Lafayette CO, 80026 720-434-5210

AlterMeds 1156 W. Dillon Rd. Unit 3 Louisville CO, 80027 720-389-6313

Boulder Alternative Medicine 1325 Broadway St, Ste. 213 Boulder CO, 80302 720-210-4021

Boulder County Caregivers 2955 Valmont, Boulder CO, 80301 303-495-2195

Boulder MMJ 1909 Broadway, Ste. 103 Boulder CO, 80302 303-732-6654

Boulder Vital Herbs 2527 1/2 Broadway, Boulder CO, 80304 303-440-0234

Compassionate Pain Management 116-7 W. Dillon Rd. Louisville CO, 80027 303-665-5596

Dr. Reefer 1121 Broadway, Ste. G, Boulder CO, 80302 303-727-0711

Evolution Medicine Services 4476 North Broadway, Boulder CO, 80304 303-588-3335

Central Grateful Meds 110 Snydner, Nederland CO, 80466 303-258-7703

Green Belly Co-OP El Dorado Springs Dr., Eldorado Springs CO, 80025 720-381-6187

Green Leaf Farmacy 1644 Walnut St., Boulder CO,

80302 303-440-1323

Tea Alchemy 98 Highway 119 South, Ste. 2, Nederland CO, 80466 303-258-3561

The Farmacy 845 Walnut St., Boulder CO, 80302 720-375-3777

The Village Green Society

2043 16th St., Boulder CO, 80302 720-746-9064

985 Dispensary 985 Santa Fe Dr., Denver CO, 80204 303-446-0420

All Green Health Alternatives Denver, Denver CO, 80203 303-868-4753

Alternative Medicine on Capital Hill 1401 Ogden St., Denver CO, 80218 720-961-0560

Back to the Garden 1547 Gaylord St., Denver CO, 80206 720-877-3562

Cannabis Medical 762 Kalamath St., Denver CO, 80204 303-912-2013

Capitol Hill Medicine Shoppe 1410 Grant Street #B104, Den-ver CO, 80204 303-993-5777

Caregivers for Life of Cherry Creek 310 Saint Paul St., Denver CO, 80206 720-536-5462

Cherry Creek Health 155 Cook St., Ste. 150, Denver CO, 80206 303-388-0086

Denver Metro Medical Cannabis Couriers Denver, CO, 80203 720-227-6939

Discount Medical Marijuana 2028 E. Colfax Ave., Denver CO, 80206 303-355-9333

Discount Medical Marijuana 970 Lincoln St., Denver CO, 80203 303-355-9333

Front Range Dispensary Front Range, Denver CO, 80203 720-620-4463

Green Cross of Cherry Creek 128 Steele St., Ste. 200, Denver CO, 80206 303-321-420-1

Green Karma Medical 1115 Grant St., Ste. G2, Denver CO, 80203 303-815-1585

Green Werkz 907 E. Colfax Ave., Denver CO, 80218 303-647-5210

Health Star Medical Evaluation Clinic 710 E. Speer Blvd., Denver CO, 80203 303-586-1200

Herbal Health 419 W. 13th Ave., Denver CO, 80204

720-542-8364 Herbal Wellness

771 Santa Fe Dr., Denver CO, 80204 720-299-1919

Lincoln Herbal 424 Lincoln St., Denver CO, 80203 303-955-0701

Mile High Alternative Medicine Denver, Denver CO, 80203 720-289-9654

Mile High Green Cross 852 Broadway, Denver CO, 80203 303-861-4252

New MilleniumDenver, Denver CO, 80203

720-318-3275 Pain Management of Colorado

110 Cook St., Ste. 103, Denver CO, 80206 303-423-7246 Pride in Medicine

731 W. 6th Ave., Denver CO, 80204 303-999-0441 Rocky Mountain Farmacy

1719 Emerson St., Denver CO, 80218 720-389-9002 The Grasshopper Alternative Medicine

1728 East 17th Ave., Denver CO, 80218 303-388-4677 The Organic Remedy

Denver Metro Area, Denver CO, 80203 303-450-7462 Zen Cafe

Denver Metro Area, Denver CO, 80203 720-306-8339

Downtown24/7 Health Care Centers

3535 Walnut St., Denver CO, 80205 720-479-8756

Alternative Medicine on the Mall 910 16th St., Denver CO, 80202 303-623-1900

Apothecary of Colorado 1730 Blake St. Ste. #420, Denver CO, 80202 303-296-5566

Ballpark Holistic Dispensary 2119 Larimer St., Denver CO, 80205 303-953-7059

Denver Compassionate Caregivers 1538 Wazee St., Denver CO, 80202 303-623-7246 (PAIN)

Denver Kush Club 2615 Welton St., Denver CO, 80205 303-736-6550

Denver Patient’s Group 2863 Larimer St., Unit B, Denver CO, 80205 303-484-1662


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Sunnyside Alternative Medicine 1406 West 38th Ave., Denver CO, 80211 303-720-6761

Sweet Leaf Inc. 5100 W. 38th Ave., Denver CO, 80212 303-480-5323

The Giving Tree of Denver 2707 W. 38th Ave., Denver CO, 80211 303-477-8888

The ReLeaf Center 2000 West 32nd Ave., Denver CO, 80211 303-458-LEAF (5323)

Total Health Concepts 2059 Bryant St., Denver CO, 80211 303-433-0152

South B*Goods

80 S. Pennsylvania St., Denver CO, 80209 303-777-3259

Broadway Wellness 1290 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 303-997-8413 Cannabis 4 Health 1221 S. Pearl St., Denver CO, 80210 720-296-7563

Colorado Alternative Medicine 2394 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 720-379-7295

Ganja Gourmet

1810 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 303-282-9333

Mother Nature’s Miracle 315 W. Littleton Blvd., Denver CO, 80210 303-794-3246

Organameds 2020 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 720-862-7544

Patients Choice of Colorado 2251 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 303-862-5016

Rocky Mountain Caregivers 285 S. Pearl St., Denver CO, 80209 303-601-6037

The Kind Room 1881 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 720-266-3136

Walking Raven Dispensary 2001 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 720-327-5613

Wellspring Collective 1724 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80210 303-733-3113

Southeast Affordable Medicine for Colorado

Patients 5650 E. Evans Ave., Ste. 105, Den-ver CO, 80222 720-275-1845

Altitude Organic Medicine 2250 S. Oneida St., Ste. 204, Den-ver CO, 80224 303-756-8888

BC Inc. 5777 East Evans Plaza, Denver CO, 80222 720-323-2383

CannaMart Inc. 1842 S. Parker Road, Unit 18, Denver CO, 80247 303-771-1600

Cannamed 6855 Leetsdale Dr., Ste. 420, Denver CO, 80224 1-877-420-6337 (MEDS)

Colorado Cannabis Services 1842 S. Parker Rd, Unit 18, Denver CO, 80247 720-984-6543

Cronergy 4101 E. Louisiana Ave. #320, Denver CO, 80246 720-382-1287

Green Around You 970 S. Oneida, Ste. 17, Denver CO, 80224 303-284-9075

Mary Jane Delivers 1642 S. Parker Rd. Ste. 300, Den-ver CO, 80231

720-227-6939 Medical Marijuana

1240 South Parker Road #100, Denver CO, 80231 720-629-3476

Metro Cannabis 4101 E. Wesley Ave., Ste. #5, Den-ver CO, 80222 720-771-9866

Metro-Cannabis 2 3425 South Oleander Ct., Unit B, Denver CO, 80224 303-305-9625

Mile High Quality of Life 2186 S. Holly St. #106, Denver CO, 80222 720-933-1857

Mile High Remedies 4155 E. Jewell Ave., Denver CO, 80222 303-419-3896

Mile High Wellness 6740 E. Hampden Ave., Denver CO, 80237 720-382-8516

Nature’s Choice 2128 S. Albion St., Denver CO, 80222 720-447-3271

Rockbrook, Inc. 2865 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste. 323, Denver CO, 80222 303-756-0595

Rocky Mountain Alternative Medicine 1479 S. Holly St., Denver CO, 80222 303-758-9114

Sweet Leaf Compassion Center 5301 Leetsdale Dr., Denver CO, 80246 303-955-8954

Dr. Green Genes 1400 16th St., Ste. 4067, Denver CO, 80202 720-932-8004

Earth’s Medicine 720-74 N. Federal Blvd., Denver CO, 80202 542-8513

J&J Green Clinic 3462 Walnut St., Denver CO, 80205 303-284-5610

Lotus 1444 Wazee St. Ste. #115, Denver CO, 80202 720-974-3109

Mahooka Meds 2400 Larimer St., Denver CO, 80205 720-536-0850

Mind Body Spirit 3054 Larimer St., Denver CO, 80205 303-297-2273 Natural Remedies

1620 Market St, Ste. 5W, Denver CO, 80202 303-953-0884

Nature’s Kiss Medical Lounge 4332 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80205 303-484-9327

Peace in Medicine 2042 Arapahoe St., Denver CO, 80205 720-242-9308

RiNo Supply Co

3100 Blake St., Denver CO, 80205 303-292-2680

The Farmacy 1400 Market St., Denver CO, 80202 303-260-7036

The Happy Harvest 2324 Champa St., Denver CO, 80205 303-997-4425

Zen Dispensary 26th & Ogden, Denver CO, 80205 303-297-1466

EAST Colorado Care Facility 5130 E. Colfax Ave., Denver CO, 80220 303-953-9503

Flavored Essentials 3955 Oneida St., Denver CO, 80207 303-377-0539

Green Medical Referrals 7801 E. Colfax Ave., Denver CO, 80220 303-243-6243

Herbal Care 2866 N. Colorado Blvd., Denver CO, 80207 303-321-4433

Med Stop 5926 E. Colfax Ave., Denver CO, 80220 303-573-6337 (MEDS)

Supreme Care Strains and Wellness

Center 6767 E. 39th Ave. Ste. 105, Den-ver CO, 80207 720-877-5216

North Doctors Orders 5068 N. Federal Blvd., Denver CO, 80221 303-433-0276

Green Medical Referrals Clinic 5115 Federal Blvd. #9, Denver CO, 80221 303-495-5000

Green Medical Referrals Clinic 10781 Washington St., North-glenn, Denver CO, 80233 303-495-5000

NorthwestAlive Herbal Medicine

4573 Pecos St., Denver CO, 80211 720-945-9543

Altitude Organic Medicine 1716 Boulder St., Denver CO, 80211 970-691-1661

Biocare 2899 N. Speer Blvd., Ste. 105, Denver CO, 80211 303-455-3187

Chronic Wellness 3928 Federal Blvd., Denver CO, 80211 303-455-6500

DenCo 5830 West 38th Ave., Denver CO, 80212 303-518-0303

Denco Alternative Medicine 2828 Speer Boulevard #117, Denver CO, 80211 303-433-2266

Grass Roots 2832 W. 44th Ave., Denver CO, 80211 303-325-7434

Herbal Connections 2209 W. 32nd Ave., Denver CO, 80211 720-999-6295

Herbal Wellness, Inc. 3870 N. Federal Blvd., Denver CO, 80211 720-299-1919

Highland Health 2727 Bryant St., Ste. 420, Denver CO, 80211 303-455-0810

Highland Herbal Connections 2209 W. 32 Ave., Denver CO, 80211 720-999-6295

Highland Squares Apothecary 3460 W. 32nd Ave., Denver CO, 80211 303-433-3346

Mary Jayz Natural Therapeutics 4900 W. 46th Ave., Denver CO, 80212 720-855-7451

Rocky Mountain Patient Services One mile south of Alameda on South Federal & Kentucky, Den-ver CO, 80211 720-882-5521


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The Green Light Holly and Evans, Denver CO, 80222 303-758-1983

Very Best Medicine 6853 Leetsdale Dr., Denver CO, 80224 720-941-8872

SouthwestA Mile High

63 W. Alameda Ave., Denver CO, 80223 303-722-3420

Alameda Wellness Center 183 W. Alameda Ave., Denver CO, 80223 303-736-6999

Clovis, LLC 4000 Morrison Rd., Denver CO, 80219 303-284-3165

Denver Relief 1 Broadway, Denver CO, 80223 303-420-MEDS (6337)

Little Green Pharmacy 1331 S. Broadway, Denver CO, 80223 303-772-2133

Mr. Stinky’s 314 Federal Blvd., Denver CO, 80219 720-243-0246

Nature’s Gifts 1270 W. Cedar Ave., Ste. A, Den-ver CO, 80223 720-475-1982

Rocky Mountain MMJD 1126 S. Sheridan Blvd., Denver CO, 80219 303-219-4884

Rocky Mt. Organics 1015 W. Evans Ave., Denver CO, 80223 720-479-8905

The Healing House Pharmacy and Club 123 W. Alameda Ave., Denver CO, 80223 720-389-6490

The Nature’s Cure 4283 West Florida Ave., Denver CO, 80219 303-934-9503

MountainsMedical Marijuana of the Rockies

720 Summit Blvd. Ste. 101A, Frisco CO, 80443 970-668-MEDS

Medicine Man, LLC 101 North Main St., Ste. 6, Breck-enridge CO, 80424 970-453-2525

Tree Line Premier Dispensary 40801 Hwy. 6, Ste. 215, Avon CO, 81620 970-949-1887

Northern SuburbsA Kind Place

9195 W. 44th Ave. #E, Wheat Ridge CO, 80033 720-569-1666

Cannabis Kindness Center

4045 Wadsworth Blvd. Unit 306, Wheat Ridge CO, 80033 303-431-4994

NatuRx 10107 W. 37th Pl., Wheat Ridge CO, 80033 303-420-9427

Northeast Suburbs Colorado Coalition of Caregivers

7260 Monaco St., Commerce City CO, 80022 720-987-3669

Northwest Suburbs Colorado Patient Coalition

9460 Federal Blvd., Westminster CO, 80260 303-810-8667

Herbal Remedies 3200 W. 72nd Ave., Westminster CO, 80030 303-430-0420

Special Kinds 4804 W. 60th Ave., Arvada CO, 80003 303-847-3238

The Healing Center 8020 Federal Blvd., Westminster CO, 80031 303-0412-0200

Southeast Suburbs CannaMart

72 E. Arapahoe Rd., Littleton CO, 80122 303-771-1600

Mile High Meds Denver, Englewood CO, 80113 720-457-3751

The Hatch Wellness Center 3624 Highlands Ranch Pkwy. # 105, Littleton CO, 80126 303-470-9270

Southwest Suburbs 420 Wellness

2960 S. Federal Blvd., Denver CO, 80236 303-493-1787

ADG Herbal Medicine 11 W. Hampden Ave. Unit L100, Englewood CO, 80110 720-278-0419

Blue Sky Care 1449 W. Littleton Blvd. Ste. 106, Littleton CO, 80120 720-283-6447

Footprints Health 8250 W. Coal Mine Ave. Unit 4, Littleton CO, 80123 720-981-2818

Green Mountain Care 5423 South Prince St., Littleton CO, 80120 303-953-9231

Green Tree Medical LLC 3222 South Vance St., Denver CO, 80227 720-838-1652

Mountain Medicinals Wellness Center 1800 Colorado Blvd., #5, Idaho Springs CO, 80452 303-567-4211

The Hemp Center

2340 W. Main St., Littleton CO, 80120 303-993-7824

West SuburbsBud Med Health Centers

2517 Sheridan Blvd., Lakewood CO, 80214 720-920-9617

Golden Alternative Care 807 14th Street Ste. A,, Golden CO, 80401 303-278-8870

Green Werkz 5840 W. 25th Ave., Lakewood CO, 80214 303-647-5210

Lakewood Patient Resource Center 7003 W. Colfax Ave., Lakewood CO, 80214 303-955-5190

Local Caregivers of Colorado 5316 Sheridan Blvd., Lakewood CO, 80214 720-233-5482

Meadows Wellness Center 1701 Kipling Street, Ste. 104, Lakewood CO, 80215 720-435-3830

Medimar Denver, Golden CO, 80401 303-903-6983

Mr. Nice Guys 12550 W. Colfax Ave., Unit 119, Lakewood CO, 80215 303-233-6423

Pain Wellness Center 2509 Sheridan Blvd., Lakewood CO, 80214 720-404-0174

Rocky Mountain Organic Medicine 420 Corporate Cir., Golden CO, 80401 720-230-9111

Rocky Mountain Ways LLC 1391 Carr St., Unit 303, Lake-wood CO, 80214 303-238-1253

Rocky Mountain Wellness Center 1630 Carr, Unit C Lakewood, Lakewood CO, 80214 303-736-6366

Therapeutic Herbal Comfort West Metro, Lakewood, Lake-wood CO, 80228 720-298-8909

Western ColoradoNature’s Medicine

1001 Paterson Road, Grand Junc-tion, Grand Junction CO, 81501 970-424-5293 Southern Colorado

Cannabis Therapeutics 907 East Fillmore St.,, Colorado Springs CO, 80907 719-633-7124

CannaCare 1675 Jet Wing Dr., Colorado Springs CO, 80916 719-596-3010

Colorado Cannabis Caregivers 2203 N. Weber St., Colorado Springs CO, 80907

719-634-7389 or 719-440-4124 Eagle’s Nest Sanctuary

Woodland Park, Woodland Park CO, 80863 719-687-2928

Good Earth Meds PO Box 1149, Pagosa Springs CO, 81147 970-731-2175

Pikes Peak Alternative Health and Wellness 605 South Tejon St., Ste. 101, Colorado Springs CO, 80905 719-575-9835

The Highlands Cooperative 332 West Bijou, Ste. 101, Colo-rado Springs CO, 80905 719-442-6737

Trichome Health Consultants 2117 West Colorado Ave., Colo-rado Springs CO, 80904 719-635-6337

Northern ColoradoA Kind Place

123 E. Drake Rd., Ste. B, Fort Col-lins CO, 80525 970-282-3811

Botanic Labs 1110 Boston Ave., Ste. 210, Long-mont CO, 80501 303-260-8203

Generations Natural Medicine 2006 8th St., Greeley CO, 80631 970-353-2839

Green Medical Referrals Clinic -- Loveland 1505 N. Lincoln Ave., Loveland CO, 80538 303-495-5000

In Harmony Wellness 4630 Royal Vista Cir., Unit 12, Fort Collins CO, 80528 970-988-3898

Magic’s Emporium 2432 East 13th Street, Loveland CO, 80537 970-397-1901

Nature’s Medicine 843 North Cleveland Ave., Love-land CO, 80537 970-461-2811

Nature’s Medicine 1260 South Hover Road, Ste. C, Longmont CO, 80501 303-772-7188

The Apothecary 1314 Coffman Street, Longmont CO, 80501 720-210-398

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Why is it called Trainwreck? Because this super strong pure sativa (mostly Colombian x Mexican sativa with a little Afghani) comes on crazy strong? Is it because of the rumor that this light green, long leaved, delicious plant was first grown in Humboldt County near the site of an old trainwreck? I say yes to both. For at least fifteen years, this plant with the strong head effects and the smell of pine and skunk has been a favorite of patients and growers everywhere. Trainwreck is easy to grow indoors and out, although if you grow it out-doors, make sure you have plenty of room because this plant gets hella (I say “hella” because the strain is from Northern California) tall. It gives a good yield for a sativa, but, being an almost pure sativa, it definitely takes a while to finish. Mostly available as a clone, but a few seed companies have managed to create a pretty good version as well. —editor@westcoastcannabis. com

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