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Harborside, formerly Harborside Health Center, is a recreational and medical cannabis dispensary, with its flagship location in Oakland, California, and an additional location in San Jose. Founded in 2006 by Steve DeAngelo and Dave Wedding Dress, Harborside operates as a non-profit patient collective. [1]
Poster art for the 1st Annual High Times Medical Cannabis Cup, 2010. The High Times Medical Cannabis Cup is an annual event celebrating medical marijuana. [1] The first Medical Cannabis Cup took place in San Francisco, California, on June 19–20, 2010.
Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom was the highest-ranking official in the state to endorse the initiative; [106] it was also endorsed by several of the state's major newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, [107] San Francisco Chronicle, [108] San Diego Union-Tribune, [109] Orange County Register, [110] and San Jose Mercury News. [111]
Unlicensed shops remain a common sight in commercial districts across L.A. County, but 125 miles south the same problem has essentially been solved.
Cannabis Station, a medical cannabis dispensary in Denver, Colorado Cannabis flower stored in jars at a dispensary in Colorado. Cannabis dispensaries in the United States or marijuana dispensaries are a type of cannabis retail outlet, local government-regulated physical location, typically inside a retail storefront or office building, in which a person can purchase cannabis and cannabis ...
The Berkeley Patients Group (BPG) is the oldest continuously operating cannabis dispensary in the United States, inaugurated in 1999 in Berkeley, California. [1] BPG has been known not only for cannabis dispensation, but also for its involvement in advocacy campaigns for cannabis policy reforms and the rights of patients using marijuana for medical purposes, [2] and for its involvement with ...
High Times listed Barbary Coast as one of San Francisco's top 10 dispensaries and said its "old-school" ambiance was "what happens when cigar bars are actually cool". [5] It employed about 20 people in 2017. [6] Los Angeles Times called it "probably the best known" lounge in San Francisco, the city which "set the standard" in the United States. [7]
The San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club was founded by Dennis Peron in 1991. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Peron began operating it out of his apartment on Sanchez Street in October of that year. Fred Gardner notes that "Dennis had three quarters of a pound, which he said he would provide to people who needed it for medical reasons —and free to those who couldn ...