grow california issue #4

W W W . H U M B O L D T G R O W . C O M

• TRiBUTe TO THe TRiMMeRs

• NO LeGaL ReCOURse

• WHeN DieseL spiLLs

• BLaCk BOx

• THe OakLaND MODeL

• pHOTOs

• HeaLTHy MaRijUaNa

issue 4, August 2009

10 HeaLTHy MaRijUaNaas patients struggle to gain access and acceptance for treating illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis with marijuana, they also fight to establish the safety of their medicine.

16 NO LeGaL ReCOURseLaws exist to create safety for society. Law enforcement officials act as guards-- preventing crime (and retribution for crime) from leading to Hatfields versus McCoys. But, sometimes the spirit of the regulation is lost in the rush to enforce the letter of the law.

20 THe CLippeRs Tribute to the Trimmers

28 WHeN DieseL spiLLsaround May 14, 2008, approximately 600 gallons of red diesel overflowed from an indoor marijuana grow’s fuel room and oozed 60 feet through shale to a clear creek high in the Humboldt Hills. a year later the creek, the community, and, most especially, the property owner still reel from the repercussions.

38 LeGaLiziNG MaRijUaNaWith Rep. Barney Frank’s bill to decriminalize marijuana before the United states Congress and san Francisco assemblyman Tom ammiano’s bill before the California assmbly, marijuana legalization seems tantalizingly just out of reach.

40 WHaT’s GOODHottest strains south of the bay

42 2009 FaLL HaRvesT RepORTa fortune-teller reveals all....before the harvest even, begins

44 aMeRiCaNs FOR saFe aCCessLegal and political information

52 pHOTO GaLLeRyThe best photos from L.a to Humboldt

74 OakLaND: aMODeL TO FOLLOWThe paradigm of what should be

76 HOpe?Will Obama change federal policy in regards to medical marijuana?

81 iNTeRGaLaCTiC O.G.Over the past several years, california cultivators have become the finest growers of o.g. on the planet.

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ClEAN, GREEN AND POTENCy lAbElED

as patients struggle to gain access and

acceptance for treating illnesses such

as cancer and multiple sclerosis with

marijuana, they also fight to establish

the safety of their medicine.

learn about california’s drive towards

formal distribution and the hurddles

that exist...

by KyM KEMP

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Tucked into marijuana buds, mold spores, spider mites and a host of other evils cause problems for both the grower and the smoker. Pesticides and other chemicals applied to the cannabis only add to health concerns.. Because of the illegal nature of the industry, medical marijuana users inhale every particle of their medicine hoping that their buds hold health not harm but they can’t be sure. Tales trickle through the hills of growers hiding problems with their pot in order to sell it.

Medical dispensaries are attempting to answer their patients’ questions and concerns about their medicine with scientific precision. One, located in Oakland, Harborside Health Center, now has lab testing and a certification process. The tests allow the dispensary owner to ensure that molds do not make it to the consumer. The tests also provide a snapshot of the “stoniness” of the pot which allows the consumer to choose which buds will work best for their illness and, let’s face it, allow some buyers to choose which will get them highest.

Is it mold free? According to Harborside director, Stephen DeAngelo, mold spores occur in about 5 % of the marijuana. Lab tests allow the dispensary to assure their clients that smoking their product will not include smoking aspergillus [mold]. For an immune compromised patient, that could cause death.

Is it organic? Harborside was the first to sign on to Attorney Chris Van Hook’s Clean Green certification program. But there are several dispensaries using medicine with his

official recognition now. This program allows medical cannabis patients to “have the benefit of an independent, third party Certification that the Cannabis was grown, processed, handled, stored, transported, packaged, labeled and distributed using Standards and Procedures that comply with national and international Guidelines for organic and sustainable farming.” Through on-site visits and a yearly review, the Clean Green program allows growers to command higher prices from the dispensary and Van Hook’s status as a lawyer allows him to provide the grower with the confidentiality of attorney client privileges. More information can be found at MCCDirectory.org.

Is it grown in environmentally sustainable ways? Organic is an excellent first step to determining the environmental soundness of a product, but other factors should also be taken into consideration. The fuel and water consumption required to grow a product must be considered, too. Indoor marijuana is grown by burning large amounts of fuel--either directly in generators or indirectly by electricity producers. Unfortunately, DeAngelo said, his attempts to educate buyers on this subject were unsuccessful. His sales of outdoor marijuana actually dropped with labeling because indoor marijuana is perceived erroneously to be less potent. Eventually, Harborside stopped tagging the product as

either indoor or outdoor and, instead, began classing the medicine as High, Medium or Low grade. Sadly, sales for outdoor rose again when the client wasn’t aware of its origin.

What is the potency of the product? The Harborside lab testing provides percentages of three major Cannibinoids: THC, CBD, and CBN. The lab chooses to test for these components because, as Executive Director, Stephen DeAngelo explains:

THC contains most of the psychoactive effect of cannabis. Harborside uses it to gauge the strength of the medicine. Patients, especially those that are cannabis naïve, might find a particular medicine too strong or too weak for their purposes. Therefore, knowing levels of THC allows people to gauge that which best suits their needs.

CBD, through preliminary research and anecdotal evidence, determines much of the main


therapeutic action. A number of studies show it has anti-tumorgenic properties—stops the growth of cancerous tumors. Also some studies tend to bear out that when the ratio of THC content and CBD content are certain amounts then the panic or paranoid attacks that some patients--particularly those who are unused to cannabis—experience are greatly diminished.

CBN, while having no known medical effects diminishes with age so testing for amounts allows Harborside to determine the age of the product. Cannibinoids degrade over time so the dispensary requires that all medicine be “reasonably fresh—not more than a year after harvest and curing.

DeAngelo feels that his trained staff has developed “a great deal of expertise…and that competency is

applicable…” when

marijuana is legalized. However, he sees a danger that large corporations could move to monopolize the marijuana business from production to sale once it is no longer illegal. He suggests that in order to stop this “a not for profit community organization [should] only accept medicine in small quantities from small growers.” He argues,” We did not spend the last 30 years working so hard to legalize cannabis to have the same corporations that oppressed us take over!”

Harborside’s open door policy welcomes growers to bring small amounts of their medicine to the dispensary for purchase. DeAngelo stands by his business’ high standards. “On the first visit, we often don’t accept the

cannabis” for various reasons but he and his staff provide a great deal of support so the grower can learn to provide safe, healthy medicine for the clients of Harborside. He urges, “Come on

down and check in with us. We can find a good home for your medicine.”

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Laws exist to create safety for society. Law enforcement officials act as guards-- preventing crime (and retribution for crime) from leading to Hatfields versus McCoys. But, sometimes the spirit of the regulation is lost in the rush to enforce the letter of the law. Marijuana growers have increasingly become the victims of violent crime in the Northern California area. The most prominent case is that of Garrett Benson of Humboldt County, a former National Guard Sergeant and UPS driver murdered in his own home which included an indoor grow scene by intruders seeking to rob him.


The Eureka Times Standard lists an astonishing series of articles about home invasions in this last year---many, if not all of them, marijuana related. Here are just a few to show the scope and violence of the problem.

• Home invasion reported in Garberville

• Marijuana taken in home invasion

• Two arrested, one at-large after Garberville robbery

• Man shot in robbery at suspected pot house

• Cutten man shot in his home dies

• EPD arrests McKinleyville home invasion suspect

And these, of course, are only the ones unfortunate enough to have drawn legal attention. And unfortunate it truly is, for the grower who is a victim of crime often faces further penalties if he or she reports the crime. Unreported stories snake through the hills from grower to grower. Stories of pot farmers victimized but too frightened to go to police.

Recently, rumors raced throughout the marijuana subculture of an armed robbery involving someone pretending to be motel security in order to steal pounds for sale. Stories of families held hostage while one member is tortured to reveal the location of money and marijuana are whispered between mothers while watching their children play. Men mutter darkly about rip-offs at gatherings and clippers carry the tales from place to place as they manicure. The stories are too often real. Just this March 7th, three men and a woman forced their way into a home attempting to get marijuana from the residents in Eureka, California.

Setting aside Prop. 215 medicinal growers, producers of marijuana have no recourse if they are targeted by more violent criminals. Recently, Marc Peterson of the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Task Force spoke about what happens to victims of marijuana crimes. According to him, no matter how sympathetic an officer is, if a marijuana producer suffers a

home invasion or other crime and attempts to report it, “We are law enforcement and do what we have to do.”

Peterson says that Garrett Bensen, the murdered UPS driver could have faced some sort of legal charges if he had lived. “Everything we saw would have to be documented.” Peterson goes on to say that the Sheriff’s Office doesn’t determine who to prosecute, the District Attorney does with the documentation provided by the Sheriffs.

The problem is, as Peterson himself acknowledged, is that if growers are unable to seek legal help, they are likely to take matters into their own hands. In fact, they sometimes do. Tales, whether fictional or fact, wind through the Humboldt Hills of people retaliating against those who steal from growers. On April 12th, Easter Sunday in McKinleyville, CA., a home invasion robbery to steal marijuana from the occupants ended with one of the victims shooting one of the invaders by firing after the fleeing automobile. The alleged invader ended up in the hospital. How much longer before an innocent bystander is injured or killed?

Because of the illegal nature of many people’s lives in marijuana subculture, they don’t feel comfortable going to law enforcement. Seemingly, this often works out well enough–a rough justice is executed according to the tales told. But, the reality is that rough justice is sometimes not justice and more than just rough—people can and do die.

And, thus, our laws, designed to protect society as a whole, are, in this case, actually leading to a more and more violent culture—one that affects the larger society. In spite of stereotypes, the vast majority of growers are peaceful as evidenced by the fact that their numbers are reputed to be quite high and violence, until now in Humboldt and its surrounds, has been relatively low. But having to serve as their own law enforcement leads to increasing violence. Illegal growers feel they have no other protection but

themselves.

However, not only do illegal marijuana producers face criminal charges, the reality is that even Prop 215 growers won’t likely access friendly law enforcement. District Attorney’s office chief investigator, Mike Hislop declared that pot farmers could face charges even if they are reporting a violent crime, “They’re doing something illegal themselves.” When pressed about those growing medicine legally under California law, Hislop agreed only reluctantly that legal growers would be free from prosecution. At best, he portrayed a law enforcement inclined to look at even legal growers with a jaundiced eye.The reality, as a cursory search

of Humboldt County news stories show, relatively few reports of crime lead to actual charges against those who report the crime. The fear of facing problems from reporting the crimes keeps growers solving their problems themselves. Sometimes with violent results.

Since highly profitable marijuana production will not disappear, the easiest solution is to legalize marijuana. However, until that happens, a serious commitment by law enforcement to provide a safe climate for growers to get help when they are the victims of crime would lessen the violence.

As Garrett Benson’s case clearly shows, marijuana growers are not some ugly monsters slavering on the outskirts of society, but often decent hard working people who are our co-workers, our friends, and our children. We all suffer when violence walks among us and we’ll all be suffering more in the years to come unless we find some legal way for growers to access law enforcement help when they are the victims of crime.

our laws, designed to protect society as a whole, are, in this case, actually leading to a more and more violent culture—

by KyM KEMP


I’M DOING IT bECAUSE I hAvE fRIKKIN’ KIDS AND NO ChIlD SUPPORT,

Bee says. Bent over a tray, picking through sticky green product for long, tedious hours, the women, and it’s mostly women, who work the clipping tables usually gossip, laughing and sharing stories to pass the time much as quilters might. The silver flash of small scissors enhances the image but these women could be arrested for their work and Bee knows it. A wiry, dark haired worker with her hair tucked into a cap, her hands never pause as she finishes answering my question. “I need the flexible hours. I drop my kid off at school, clip, and then I can go pick her up.”


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She sounds as matter of fact as

a seamstress in a factory but before

she leaves this job, she’ll need to check

herself for evidence. Probably the other

clipper at the table will help. Women in

the business manicure each other before

they leave to go pick up their kids and fix

dinner. They pluck delicate five pointed

marijuana leaves off of jackets and out

of hair. They pass each other olive oil

to clean the sticky brown resin off their

fingertips and help each other change

out of work clothes so they don’t smell

like pot, in order to make sure they don’t

shock their neighbors and don’t get

arrested.

Monica, a handsome blond who

looks as if she is a suburban doctor’s wife,

tells me, “I’m an independent woman. I’ve

always worked and I like it.” Married, she

has a comfortable life growing her own

pot but she enjoys working for others.

“Payday,” she says, “is catching up on the

community news” though she likes the

money, too.

At $250 per pound of manicured

pot, the money is good. Fast clippers with

solid buds can end an 8 hour day with 2

or more pounds (though leafy, light, moldy

buds can yield much, much less.) But it

isn’t only the money. In many ways, the

working conditions are excellent. Monica

tells me that at home she’s the one that

takes care of her husband and son. But on

the job, “I get pampered. I get served. I

get compliments.” Many growers also

provide organic lunches and snacks.

At some places, the perks include

smoking some

of the product.

In spite of

what Monica

says about pampering, I notice that she

ends up fixing lunch when the grower

takes me out to see his drying room.

And other clippers at another gathering

tell me that if “pot goes legal—first

thing we’re gonna do is get a union!” The

monotonous work consists of steadily

snipping the dry leaf from the crystal

covered bud. This often leads to Carpel

Tunnel Syndrome. Being hunched over

a table for long hours on cheap metal

chairs gives workers bad backs and sore

butts and many spend part of their pay

on chiropractors and massages. In fact,

lunch breaks frequently have one worker

rubbing the aching shoulders or back

of another. Nonetheless, salaries are

decent for part-time workers with flexible

schedules. Bee tells me she makes

$2000 to $3000 tax free per month for

a five hour work day, four to five days per

week. Monica, who chooses to work less,

makes about $1200 per month.

Although the job varies, the day

usually starts around 9 or 10 A.M. to allow

workers to drop off kids get husbands off

to work and, often, to drive from town to

the rural areas where much of production

takes place. There, the grower pours

a heap of marijuana plants or branches

onto the table and the workers begin to

separate the product.

First, the clippers pick off

the bigger sun leafs (though

often the grower has

already done that in

pre-production)

and break down

the plants into

smaller, more

manageable sections.

Then the tips of the

scissors slide between the leaf and the

crystal covered bud, snipping away the

outer leaves which contain little THC from

the sugary resin coated flower which

contains the most.

Meanwhile, the women share stories

and news as their fingers move so fast

I have a hard time taking pictures. The

grower, a big shouldered, silver haired

man, tells me, “I only hire girls; otherwise

they don’t feel free to sit here and gab. A

guy would want to hit on one.” He flashes

a big white smile and winks, “And, I can’t

flirt with a guy.” Bee smirks and the owner

adds, chuckling a bit, “Every time I flirt with

her, she says, ‘Hey, wake up guy, you’re

havin’ one of those dreams again.’”

Quietly, he tells me that he tries to

hire “girls” (both women are over forty)

“who are single with kids. I try to give ‘em

a break. They’re working mothers. They

have responsibilities.”

Monica hears and agrees, “He

understands when we have other

obligations.”

Another grower, a woman who

dropped by to chat, says with a laugh, “I

hire my son and my renter so he will pay

his rent!” But, usually, the workers are

women. The meticulous labor over tiny

leaves requires concentration and patience.

Men seem to have trouble sitting still

through the long hours. Dave Reeves, in

a rather wild account of his short time as

a clipper in Humboldt, relates how a fellow

worker was introduced.

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“ This guy,

he’s a good

Trimmer. ”

PRE 98 bUbbA(bACKGROUND PhOTO)


“A dude that can trim?” said the Grower.

“Yeah, he has a wife,” the Landowner offered

by way of explanation. Everyone knows men can’t

trim. It’s one of those patriarchal generalizations,

like white men can’t jump…” LACityBeat.com

3/04/2009

Still, the larger “clipping parties” have at

least one man because the money is relatively

good and men want in on the cash. The “clip” I

am at though is small and comfortable. Both the

women working there prefer it that way. Monica

tells me, “I never worked a big grow. Sometimes

people work jobs where they are out [sequestered

in a rural cabin] for three weeks. And I only work

for people I know.”

Normally, growers and clippers are well

acquainted. The illegal nature of the activity

requires some trust. Often they are neighbors and

friends. Bee tells me she often works from home

on pot other people give her. “I’m lucky. People

wait for me to clean… It’s a trust issue. [The pot]

has got to be manicured nicely.” And, it’s not just

the manicure. The grower has to trust the clipper

won’t be stealing some of the buds for themselves.

Sometimes growers do hire strangers but these,

too, are mostly women. Dave Reeves tells in his

Los Angeles City Beat story.

All the trimmers were strong women

with independent streaks that render them

unemployable in the real world. They are the

Grower’s new girlfriend (of course), a Lesbian

Couple, and some badass café au lait chick from

L.A. with Jimi Hendrix hair. The Lesbian Couple

were pros, never missing a minute of trimming

at the standard rate of $250 per pound. Years

of scissorwork had wizened their eyes back in

their heads, so they looked like two little possums

futzing with the weed. The L.A. Trimmer and the

new girlfriend were new to the trade, so they took

time to eat breakfast.

Rumor has it that sometimes growers are

so desperate for clippers they will hire people off

the street. Last fall, I met a threesome from out

of town—a man and two women sitting by the side

of the road in the small town of Redway flashing a

cardboard sign decorated with scissors in hopes

that they might be employed..

UsUally thoUgh the workers are at least friends of a friend.

Here, at this “clipping party,” everyone

knows each other well. They talk about the

buyers—“”They always want us to grow plants

that don’t get a good weight—like Kush.” They

talk about the pot—“I prefer to clip outdoor but

indoor is consistent, every two months.” They talk

about their families and people they know—“Their

manhood gets all wrapped up in pot. There is a

self-esteem thing. They have to grow the best.”

Most of all, though, they talk about their

communities. “After the Real Estate business

tanked, his brother-in-law and sister lost their

home. Now he’s bringin’ them up [to his land] to

let ‘em grow a little 215. They’re 68 years old

and lost everything.” Bea and Monica’s scissors

snip, snip as they talk. The room is warm and dry.

Outside it is cold and rainy but I have to go.

After bringing in another plastic garbage bag

full of dry marijuana plants, the grower stands in

the doorway listening to his workers working and

chatting behind him. He stretches and walks me

out to my car, helping me with my camera. He

tells me he likes to have the clippers over. He likes

to have “clipping parties.” He looks out over the

green hills where even his nearest neighbor’s house

can’t be seen and says contentedly, “You hear

some crazy stories when you get a bunch of

women clucking over here.”

Driving away, the rain spattering

against my windshield, I follow the long

curving road to town. I think of the cozy

room busy with the hum of voices and the

snip of scissors and I feel a little left out.


How fast can you make bubble HasH? When a friend told me he could make a small amount in 10 seconds I was sure he was lying. I was wrong. Using year old trimmings from some outdoor Headband, he proceeded to make some of the most potent hash I have ever seen. The trick here is to resist the temptation to shake the screen longer to get more material. Sometimes less is more.

make sure you are using a 110 micron screen... Add Trimmingslets ReVIew...

Shake for approximately 5 seconds... Reap the rewardsspread the material to

fill the screen

Watch it bubble...


WHEN DIESELWhAT hAPPENS TO A PlACE, A PEOPlE AND A PROPERTy OWNER?

By kyM keMp

ARound MAy 14, 2008, AppRoxiMATely 600 gAllonS of Red dieSel oveRfloWed fRoM An indooR MARijuAnA gRoW’S fuel RooM And oozed 60 feeT ThRough ShAle To A cleAR cReek high in The huMBoldT hillS. A yeAR lATeR The cReek, The coMMuniTy, And, MoST eSpeciAlly, The pRopeRTy oWneR STill Reel fRoM The

RepeRcuSSionS.

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WHEN DIESEL

Buyers of the herb from dispensaries or dealers usually don’t realize the impact of their purchases. However, pot grown illegally in rural hills is often grown off the electric grid with huge diesel generators. If the operators of these grow rooms become careless or are unlucky, then environmental disaster happens.

In the case of the May 2008 spill, the fuel used to operate the generator spread so far down the rugged streambed that when a neighbor smelled the pungent odor and investigated; he found “20 to 30 pools of red diesel” far below the spill.

The scent became so overwhelming that the man was “unable to go in

further due to possible respiratory problems.” In spite of a

culture of privacy that covers the North

Coast hills, the

neighbor called authorities.

Rapidly, a contractor, Northcoast Environmental Construction, began deploying absorbent pads, pillows and booms from what eventually became three semi trucks packed tightly with the material. Within days, the crew began removing the saturated soil with heavy equipment.

The hole eventually reached around 15 feet deep. The huge amounts of contaminated soil couldn’t be dealt with on site and soon large trucks muscled their way up curvy dirt roads to carry it several hundred miles to Redding to The work was hard, hot, and expensive. Almost a year later, the results of the spill ooze throughout the close-knit communities of Southern Humboldt County. The spill changed the creek, the community, and the owner of the property where the fuel spilled. be remediated

ThE CREEKBefore the spill, Hacker Creek splashed cleanly over boulders and between

narrow fern filled banks on its way to the Eel River and the Pacific

Ocean. Wild strawberries, wildflowers and wildlife

were fed by its waters. Endangered California

Bunch Grass waved long stems on the hillsides nearby and the newts of Giant Pacific Salamanders

grew to adulthood in its waters. Kyle Keegan, a nearby resident, who worked on fish and wildlife surveys, said the lower waters were “probably nesting grounds” for steelhead and provided the cool summer rearing grounds so important for their survival. Through the critical summer months following the spill, the smell of diesel pervaded the creek bottom so strongly that it caused headaches. The Giant Pacific Salamanders and Yellow-legged frogs that once populated the area surrounding the creek disappeared. Above the spill, bees still hummed and butterflies floated from flower to flower but insects unlucky enough to try and drink below the spill often died. While no amphibians were found dead, the bodies of invertebrates (insects) seasoned the scummy soup that remained of the once fresh water. The Hazmat inspector for Humboldt County, Larry Lancaster noted at the time that these deaths meant “the food supply [for amphibians, etc.] is being diminished.”

Now, almost a year later, winter rains poured thousands of gallons of water over the oil slick rocks. Mosses have reappeared and the water to the naked eye sparkles cleanly. Yet, close to the spill the smell of diesel wafts faintly like that of a corpse buried in a shallow grave. Bundles of absorbent pads squat on banks awaiting possible further flushes of diesel.

The diesel, according to Melissa Martel, interim Director of the Division of Environmental Health, Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services, is “going to take years to degrade. It’s impossible to remove it all.” Bonnie Rolandelli, Engineering Geologist with the State agrees, “I hate that aspect of this job. There is not enough money in the world to do that.”

ThE COMMUNITyBefore the spill, community

activists were already expressing dismay about diesel use and other practices associated with cannabis

gardens—especially indoor grows.

In the Seventies, many people moved to Humboldt County, California with the goal of living off the land and escaping commercial society. They began planting marijuana first for themselves and then as a step towards a sustainable agricultural product they could sell in the city for enough money to support themselves. As marijuana eradication efforts grew more intense, pot growers began to move indoors. There, the farmers hoped to hide their illegal activities from being seen in flyovers by law enforcement helicopters and spotter planes.

The first operations rarely made much money as buyers were reluctant to purchase the new product. Indoor pot went for much less when it finally sold. Eventually, though, the uniformity of indoor pot began changing the minds of big buyers. Today, the ability of the indoor grower to control the plant’s environment allows for greater and quicker adaptability to the buyer’s desires. Want purple pot? The three month turnaround and climate control offered by indoor growers allows them to quickly provide what their consumer desires.

Experimentation at producing a more intense quick high was also facilitated by the 3 to 4 month indoor cycle. Prices for the new kind of pot skyrocketed. Today, a typical outdoor pound goes for $1500 to $2000 less than an indoor pound. As a result, many outdoor growers in the rural areas of Humboldt County began purchasing diesel generators and growing indoors.Ironically, many indoor growers actually cultivate a few outdoor plants for their own smoke or purchase open air “herb” from their neighbors. Citing flavor, a gentler high, and a belief plants grown outside are more medicinal than ones grown under lights, they express dismay that their buyers aren’t better informed. (see Healthy Marijuana in this issue for a description of Oakland’s Harborside

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dispensary’s failed efforts to raise awareness of the environmental pluses of smoking outdoor pot).

The practice of growing indoors not only generates a high environmental footprint by consuming large amounts of fuel (it differs per generator size, light type, etc. but calculations

range from 75 to 120 gallons per

pound--that’s between 4 ½ and 7 ½ gallons per ounce) but diesel spills, motor oil dumping, fires associated with bad wiring, and other concerns worry community activists.

The Hacker Creek spill brought attention to those concerns. Radio shows, newspaper articles and passionate neighborhood meetings have begun to lead to some small changes. All the local diesel delivery companies now prominently offer and push containment for diesel fuel tanks. Spill kits, too, are flying off the shelves. Change is slow but the hope is that continued attention will result in fewer spills and more growers moving back from indoor production to outdoor gardens.

The Owner Before the spill, Albert Tordjman owned a remote beautiful 40 acre piece worth well over $500,000 and was able to afford long vacations out of the country in Thailand. The spill changed his life. The stress of possible legal ramifications drove him into the hospital. Costs of the cleanup reached $5000 per day for over a month and those costs piled on his shoulders. According to various sources, he had rented his Red Gypsy Ranch to other people and left for Thailand to spend time in his wife’s home country in 2007. He arrived back in this country on or around the time the spill occurred. His

renters melted into the hillside and he was left facing crippling fines.

Tordjman was caught between two hard facts. He had to pay the over $200,000 in fines and the cleanup costs. If he did not, the fines increased to over $500,000 but, he could not afford to pay until he sold the land. And still he can’t sell the land.

The diesel damage and the resulting publicity frightened buyers. In order to facilitate the sale and the payoff, according to Melissa Martel, the county has “partially signed off on the cleanup and abatement order based on the results of three separate water tests at three locations during three different storm events.” But a new owner is “not completely free of liability,” Martel explains. If any diesel remains undiscovered until after the sale, the new owner is responsible for cleanup.

Although there have been several prospective buyers, in today’s economic squeeze, banks are reluctant to lend money to purchase land with that kind of liability. George Rolff, the property’s Real Estate agent, hopes for a different kind of purchaser, “If somebody out there wants a real deal and has cash, they should step up.” So far, no one has. According to an earlier statement by Eric Kirk, former attorney for Tordjman, his former client will probably have to file for bankruptcy and face “the rest of his life in poverty.”

Today, walking the stream, ferns brush clear water…and absorbent pillows. Hacker Creek, its community, and the owner of the indoor marijuana grow where the spill happened will never be the same. Although she was speaking about the producers of indoor marijuana, Bonnie Rolandelli could be speaking to those who chose to purchase indoor pot over outdoor, too. “The land is forever and we are so fleeting…Think about what you’re doing….for your children, and their children.”

You can keep up with Kym on her blog; http://kymk.wordpress.com


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legalizing marijuana

With Rep. Barney Frank’s bill to decriminalize marijuana before the United States Congress and San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano’s bill before the California Assmbly, marijuana legalization seems tantalizingly just out of reach.

Frank’s bill will likely be reintroduced soon and Assembly Bill 390, launched by Ammiano this last February, is an attempt to legalize the “possession, sale, cultivation, and other activities relating to marijuana.” Ammiano and his supporters hope to increase tax revenue and decrease law enforcement and resulting imprisonment costs, and dimin-ish the environmental impacts on our public and private lands. Ammiano recently explained in a San Francisco Chronicle op/ed piece that he introduced AB390 not only to address California’s growing economic crisis but, more importantly, to begin a rational public policy discussion about how best to regulate the state’s largest cash crop, estimated to be worth roughly $14 billion annually. Placing marijuana under the same regulatory system that now ap-

plies to alcohol represents the natural evolution of Califor-nia’s laws and is in line with recent polls indicating strong support for decriminalizing marijuana.

The law is projected to bring in $1.3 billion by State Board of Equalization Chairwoman Betty Yee. Savings from enforcement of current cannabis laws are estimated by California NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) Coordinator Dale Gieringer to be $170 million per year.

The problem for growers is societal acceptance in the form of laws means economic breakdown. Or does it? Can marijuana farmers capitalize on their expertise?

In areas where cannabis production occurs in large num-bers, Ukiah blogger, Janie Sheppard, speculates that eco-nomic laws as stated by Nobel Prize winner, Paul Krugman, indicate that areas of production center around areas of ex-pertise (i.e. the Netherlands and tulips.) In other words, the North Coast, long a center for illegal grows could become a center for legal production of marijuana if it capitalizes on the specialized knowledge of its people. One commenter to the Sheppard’s editorial speculated, …”a million differ-ent opportunities will rise from the end of prohibition, ev-erything from coffee-shops, head shops, delivery services, bakeries, hydro stores, etc. The taxes generated could be used to build our state into a self reliant super-economy.”

What is the neW Bill Before the California house of representatives and hoW Would legalization Change groWer’s lives?


Assemblyman tom Ammiano

The basic provisions of assembly bill 390 are:• Makes marijuana legal for ages

21 and up and imposes laws similar to those on alcohol.

• Requires a license costing not more than $5000 to grow pot initially and $2500 to renew annually.

• Imposes a $50 tax on every ounce of cannabis sold to fund drug education and rehabilitation programs.

• Requires that smoking or ingesting marijuana not happen in a public place (more stringent that current tobacco laws).

• Requires that the grower have no more than 10 mature plants at any one time.

• Requires that marijuana only be cultivated in places invisible to the public.

• Requires “adequate security” during all phases of production from growing to sale.

• Requires that a commercial cultivator not allow marijuana to be smoked or ingested on the premises.

• Requires that a seller have a license costing not more than $5000 to retail pot initially and $2500 to renew annually.

• Prohibit cannabis near schools.

• Unlawful cultivation of marijuana is subject to a fine of up to $100.

• With money like that on the table and cannabis production apparently the number one cash crop in California, legalizing marijuana has become a question of not if but when.

North Coast counties already have a base of knowledgeable marijuana professionals. These professionals could start or man small businesses. Tourist industries, already a staple in the region could expand and small “winery” type grows that specialize in certain flavors or certain medicinal strains of cannabis could become legal and licensed. Tourists, brought into the area for the marijuana experience (a la NapaValley) could spend money in many small businesses—restaurants, motels, purveyors of redwood gift products, seafood stores, local wineries, etc. Ammiano declared in an interview with Salon magazine, “Pumping $1 billion into our economy is going to provide a lot of green jobs.”

Taxes, licensing, following regulations and other legitimate debts will take a bite out of profits. Costs will drop but prob-ably not precipitously as long as other states maintain laws against production (Worldwide legalization is ideal but not imminent.) Conversely, though, expenses associated with illegality i.e. money used to conceal production, lawyer fees, etc. will drop.

If we start a conversation now on how to work within the probable new laws, today’s growers might not just survive the change, they might flourish.


CALIFORNIA HAS A HUGE COMMUNICATION GAP BETWEEN THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH. INDEED, THE TWO WORLDS-- ONE URBAN MIASMA, ONE A CRADLE OF MOTHER NATURE-- ARE NOT MUCH ALIKE AT ALL. YET WHAT THEY DO INTIMATELY SHARE IS A CONNECTED LOvE FOR MARIJUANA.

But there are no formal lines of communication!

There exist few real ways to talk about the good strains and the bad strains, not nearly enough chatter about, say, “what should be planted this summer?” If there is chatter it’s on web forum’s that are too large, and which often, like all web-forum’s, are chalk-full of people who have no clue as to what they’re talking about.

Keeping this in mind, Grow magazine wishes to provide a small forum each issue that will work towards forging that gap between growers and patients by providing a “what’s good” section in each issue. We hope that this will enable Northerners to have an up-to-date grasp on what is “hot, good, dank,” what have you..... in Southern California. (Though, in particular, Los Angeles, home to a modestly estimated 300 medical marijuana dispensaries.)

so lets talk aBout what’s good, shall we?At the moment Los Angeles is still

dead midst of an OG endemic. The city is obsessed with OG Kush, developed no tolerance for the strain, and because of shear demand the price has skyrocketed (usually, at least $60 per eighth, probably closer to $70, goes as high as $100 for a single eight!). The Los Angelino’s affinity to the strain shouldn’t come as a suprise, after all, OG is a lemon-tang kush that leaves an indelible mark on the smokers

dome. But, there is a downside; which is, many collective owners in LA are labeling almost anything as an OG; I’d argue that the majority of the owners might not even really know what pure, honest OG Kush is at all. Ergo, OG Butter Kush, Sweet OG, Sugar OG every planet has an OG name, i.e. Jupiter OG, Neptune OG, and just about any other passable name for a non-existant strain has nomenclaturally replaced the real product you are buying: OG Kush. (Can we please stop with the names!!) All the sweets, sours, planets, and butters are for the suckers-- there is no buttery OG Kush, or Jupiter OG... there is only, OG Kush

headBand! Headband, if grown correctly, will fly

well on any shelf in SF or LA. There is NOT enough Headband, whereas there TOO MUCH OG. Moreover, the two strains have very similar tastes and smells, textures, growing patterns, so, if you are going indoor, be different and grow some Headband. It too, is a guaranteed beauty if done right, and is salivated over when on disensary shelves.

Green Crack is making a comeback. When it first hit the scene it was usually something special, but then the quality seemed to steadily decline over the past couple years. But today, in LA, because people are seeing and smelling the true tropicalia of the Green Crack it is once again a hot item.

MK-Ultra and LA Confidential, for all the indoor-specialists, are... always in high demand. There has never been enough Confidential or MK-Ultra, both are finds if you see them in a clinic and are usually snatched up quickly.... expand

Chem-Dawg is another, like MK-Ultra and LA Confidential and Headband, amazing strain that there is simply not enough of. Please grow Chem-Dawg, LA is begging you.....

Other desireable strains which the medical marijuana community would love to see are; Blackberry Kush, Afgahni Kush, Blue Dream, The Cheese (Big Buda swiss and blue all accepted), As well as that Mendo special... Raz Ma Taz

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eddy lepp receives

10-year mandatory

minimum for medical

marijuanaSAN FRANCISCO - MAY 18TH. US DISTRICT JUDGE MARILYN PATEL SENTENCED EDDY LEPP TO TEN YEARS MANDATORY MINIMUM FOR HAvING GROWN OvER 1,000 MARIJUANA PLANTS FOR A MEDICAL MARIJUANA GARDEN IN LAKE COUNTY.

Patel called the sentence "excessive," but said she had no choice under federal law. In addition, she sentenced Lepp to five years of supervised release with drug testing. She invited Lepp to file for a rehearing in case the law should change.

Lepp called it "very, very sad" that the government showed no compassion, saying"I've broken no laws of the state in which I reside." He asked that he be allowed to surrender himself voluntarily, noting that he had met every court date over the seven years of his case and that his daughter had health problems.

US attorney Dave Hall opposed the request, arguing that the government had new evidence of Lepp's involvement in a marijuana grow that was traced to a neighbor's property last week. Lepp's friends staunchly deny that he had any involvement in the grow.

Patel granted Lepp's request and set a surrender date of July 6th, while inviting

the government to submit any additional incriminating evidence it might have to demand an earlier surrender.

Patel ruled that Lepp was ineligible for the "safety valve" exemption to the mandatory minimum on two grounds. First, the evidence showed that Lepp had been a leader or organizer of other people in his activity. Secondly, the government claimed that he had failed give a full and truthful account of his activities. At his trial, Lepp had testified that he did not grow any marijuana, but simply let his land be used for cultivation by other patients. The government had asked Lepp to recant this claim and admit that he grew the marijuana. Lepp refused, saying he had testified truthfully.

"I've never seen a man work harder to get time in prison than Mr. Lepp," remarked Mr Hall.

"I would rather do ten years and be able to look myself in the eyes than never be able to look myself in the eyes again," said Lepp.

The courtroom burst into gasps and sobs as Patel pronounced her sentence. Lepp's attorney, Michael Hinckley, called it an "incredible sentence." Patel responded, "Incredible is what the law requires."

Patel noted that Lepp's driving passion appeared to be legalizing marijuana. "Maybe you want to be a martyr for the cause," she said.

California NORML coordinator Dale Gieringer commented: "This case sadly illustrates the senselessness of federal marijuana laws. The last thing this country needs is more medical marijuana prisoners. Hopefully, we can change the law and get Eddy out of jail before he completes his sentence."


2009 fall harvest report( A FORTUNE-TELLER REvEALS ALL....BEFORE THE HARvEST EvEN, BEGINS??!!)

When the sun sets on September, and the harvest season is nearing an end, the chips will fall like so: This will be the biggest harvest to date, that, is a fact. As for the gardens and what will be grown and what will not, well the report is as follows:

An astronomical amount of outdoor Sour Diesel will be harvested: more Sour Diesel than needed. Along with the truck loads of Sour D will come a buttery, hazy waft of golden Afgooey-- another massive outdoor producer that can fetch higher dollar. Sour Diesel and Afgooey, I say, will yet again be the most overgrown-because-it-works strains of the season. Come Christmas, none of us will ever want to taste the maui-haze delights of the goo or the Sour Diezzel.... again.

Mendocino County growers will harvest a million and one-half pounds of generic purplish-verde outdoor pot-- something that looks like big bud fucked grape ape and then the two invited a Chewbaccan snowcap into the mix, making a threesome, with a resulting offspring that is slightly sweet, a little purple, boring..... very er... generic. This will hit the markets as: Purple Kush, Grape Kush, Grape Ape, Purple Power Plant, Grape Krush; you will see a thousand variants of Grandaddy Purple, less of the Urkle, (of course!) and then a ton of other mysterious purple-tinted turkey bags with no nameable genetics that will still be, of course, sold under the name of any one of the other hundred “purple something,” bull-shit crosses/strains that probably don’t exist, and if did, would not look like this, or ever of been grown by “this dude.”

Humboldt County will grow heavy as well...as normal, and will battle with Sonoma County over the coveted: “who has the best indoor” cup; which, this year, in a surprise turn-around only seen and predicted by the cream of cannibus culture’s elite, Sonoma County will match Humboldt County’s indoor weight, as well as quality. Moreover, because Humboldt as a country comes with such a universal weed insigneea, Humboldt country growers will avert to arrogance and overprice there indoor, selling Arcata Trainwrecks and OG’s at higher prices than Sonoma growers five hours south.

There will be more “Canelope Haze” than was grown last year, which, is a bummer....

There will be 45,000 pounds of outdoor Sno-Cap, stinking sweet valleys for miles on end. The Sno-Cap, Show Crap, or Blow Cap, will remain the Cubs of outdoor strains: the lovable loser that just never goes away......season after season.

When the sun sets on September, and the harvest season is nearing an end, the chips will fall like so: This will be the biggest harvest, to date; that, I say, is a fact. As for the gardens and what will be grown and what will not, well the report is as follows:

An astronomical amount of outdoor Sour Diesel will be harvested: more Sour Diesel than needed. Along with the truck loads of Sour D will come a buttery, hazy waft of golden Afgooey-- another massive outdoor producer that can fetch higher dollar. Sour Diesel and Afgooey, I say, will yet again be the most overgrown-because-it-works strains of the season. Come Christmas, none of us will ever want to taste the maui-haze delights of the goo or the Sour Diezzel.... again.

Mendocino County growers will harvest a million and one-half pounds of generic

purplish-verde outdoor pot-- something that looks like big bud fucked grape ape and then the two invited a Chewbaccan snowcap into the mix, making a threesome, with a resulting offspring that is slightly sweet, a little purple, boring..... very uh... generic. This will hit the markets as: Purple Kush, Grape Kush, Grape Ape, Purple Power Plant, Grape Krush; you will see a thousand variants of Grandaddy Purple, less of the Urkle, (of course!) and then a ton of other mysterious purple-tinted turkey bags with no nameable genetics that will still be, of course, sold under the name of any one of the other hundred “purple something,” bull-shit crosses/strains that probably don’t exist, and if did, would not look like this, or ever of been grown by “this dude.”

Humboldt County will grow heavy as well...as normal, and will battle with Sonoma County over the coveted: “who has the best indoor” cup; which, this year, in a surprise turn-around only seen and predicted by the cream of cannibus culture’s elite, Sonoma County will match Humboldt County’s indoor weight, as well as quality. Moreover, because Humboldt as a country comes with such a universal weed insigneea, Humboldt country growers will avert to arrogance and overprice there indoor, selling Arcata Trainwrecks and OG’s at higher prices than Sonoma growers five hours south.

There will be more “Canelope Haze” than was grown last year, which, is a bummer....

There will be 45,000 pounds of outdoor Sno-Cap, stinking sweet valleys for miles on end. The Sno-Cap, Show Crap, or Blow Cap, will remain the Cubs of outdoor strains: the lovable loser that just never goes away......season after season.

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?the next few pages contain important updates regarding these key issues.

• u.s. supreme court affirms california’s medical marijuana law

• high court refuses to hear state lawsuit Brought By san diego county

• landmark ruling issued on collective cultivation of medical marijuana

• doj: policy statements on medical marijuana don’t affect federal sentencing

americans for safe access is the nation’s largest organization of patients, medical professionals, scientists and concerned citizens promoting safe and legal access to cannabis for therapeutic use and research.


high court refuses to hear state lawsuit Brought By san diego county

Washington, D.C. -- Medical marijuana advocates celebrated today as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a landmark case brought by San Diego County. Advocates assert that the High Court's decision removes one of the final obstacles to full implementation of California's medical marijuana laws. The lawsuit filed by San Diego in 2006 challenged the state-mandate to implement an identification card program for patients based on the argument that state law is preempted by federal law. However, both the San Diego Superior Court and the Fourth District Court of Appeals rejected that argument, which was followed by the California Supreme Court's refusal to review the case in 2008. Despite this failure in the state courts, the San Diego Board of Supervisors voted to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

"No longer will local officials be able to hide behind federal law and resist upholding California's medical marijuana law," said Joe Elford, Chief Counsel with Americans for Safe Access (ASA), a national medical marijuana advocacy group, which

represented patients in the county's lawsuit against the state. "The courts have made clear that federal law does not preempt California's medical marijuana law and that local officials must comply with that law."

After the California Supreme Court denied review of County of San Diego v. State of California in October of 2008, ASA filed a lawsuit in January against Solano County for its refusal to implement the state ID card program. "This decision and our lawsuit against Solano will undoubtedly have an impact on the other counties that have failed to implement the ID card program," continued Elford. ASA has given notice to all 10 counties (Colusa, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono, San Bernardino, San Diego, Solano, Stanislaus, and Sutter) of their obligation to implement the ID card program.

The San Diego case was preceded by another landmark medical marijuana case, City of Garden Grove v. Superior Court (Kha), which also involved preemption. In the Garden Grove or Kha case, both lower courts similarly found that state law was not preempted by federal law and that "it is not the job of the local police to enforce the federal drug laws." The defendant in that case, medical marijuana patient Felix Kha, was also represented by ASA and involved the California Attorney General's office. Advocates argue that it was the Kha case that, at least in part, compelled Attorney General Jerry Brown to issue enforcement guidelines in August 2008. ASA is currently

seeking attorneys fees in the Kha case.

ASA worked with the ACLU Drug Law Reform Project to litigate the San Diego case, with both organizations on the side of the California Attorney General defending the state's medical marijuana law. The County of San Bernardino joined

San Diego County in its original lawsuit and the subsequent appeals. The ID card program was adopted in 2004, resulting from the legislature's passage of SB 420, the Medical Marijuana Program Act. The ID cards, when properly implemented, assist law enforcement and affords greater protection to patients.

further information:

2008 landmark court of appeals ruling in the san

diego case: http://www.americansforsafeaccess.

org/downloads/san_diego_appeal_ruling.pdf

2008 landmark court of appeals ruling in the kha case: http://www.

americansforsafeaccess.org/downloads/

gardengrovedecision.pdf

asa weB page on the san diego case: http://www.

americansforsafeaccess.org/article.php?id=4405

u.s. supreme court affirms california’s medical marijuana law


landmark ruling issued on collective cultivation of medical marijuanaMay 1st, 2009

appellate court protects collective cultivation and affirms civil actions By patients

Sacramento, CA -- The California Third District Court of Appeal issued a landmark ruling today on the right under state law of patients to collectively cultivate. The 2-1 appellate court decision stems from the case County of Butte v. Superior Court involving a private medical marijuana collective of 7 patients in Paradise, California. The nationwide advocacy group Americans for Safe Access (ASA) filed a lawsuit in May 2006 on behalf of 56-year-old David Williams and six other collective members after a 2005 warrantless search of his home. Williams was forced by the Butte County Sheriff to uproot more than two-dozen plants or face arrest and prosecution. Contrary to state law, which allows for collective cultivation, Williams was told by the Sheriff that it was not lawful to grow collectively for multiple patients.

“This ruling by the California Courts sends yet another strong message to state law enforcement that they must abide by the medical marijuana laws of the state and not the competing federal laws,” said Joe Elford, ASA Chief Counsel and the attorney that litigated the case on behalf of Williams. Today’s appellate court ruling affirmed this position by concluding that, “the deputy was acting under color of California law, not federal law. Accordingly, the propriety of his conduct is measured by California law.”

The appellate court also stated that to deny patients protection from warrantless intrusions and seizures by law enforcement “would surely shock the sensibilities of the voters who approved [Proposition 215].” Especially worthy of note is the appellate court’s assertion that the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 is not simply an affirmative defense to criminal sanctions, but “...we see an opportunity for an individual to request the same constitutional guarantee of due process available to all individuals, no matter what their status, under the state Constitution. The fact that this case involves medical marijuana and a qualified medical marijuana patient does not change these fundamental constitutional rights or an individual’s right to assert them.”

Today’s appellate court decision upholds Butte County Superior Court Judge Barbara Roberts’ ruling from September

2007, in which she states that seriously ill patients cultivating collectively “should not be required to risk criminal penalties and the stress and expense of a criminal trial in order to assert their rights.” Judge Roberts’ ruling also rejected Butte County’s policy of requiring all members to physically participate in the cultivation, thereby allowing collective members to “contribute financially.”

Even in his dissenting opinion, Court of Appeal Judge James Morrison stated that, “the United States Congress should reconsider its refusal to amend the federal drug laws to make reasonable accommodation for the 13 states that have enacted some form of compassionate use exception to their penal codes.”

ASA was compelled to file the Williams lawsuit after receiving repeated reports of unlawful behavior by Butte County law enforcement, as well as by other police agencies throughout the state. After uncovering Butte County’s de facto ban on medical marijuana patient collectives, ASA decided to pursue the case to show that collectives and cooperatives are protected under state law. “In addition to protecting patients’ right to collectively cultivate, the Court has reaffirmed that medical marijuana patients enjoy the same constitutional rights as everyone else, including the ability to file civil rights actions when those rights are violated,” continued Elford.


marijuana law to approve dispensaries will come to a vote in November 2009; and in March, the New Mexico Department of Health issued its first license to a non-profit medical marijuana producer.“It’s heartening to see states voting on and implementing much-needed distribution systems for patients that can’t grow medical marijuana themselves,” said Caren Woodson, Government Affairs Director with Americans for Safe Access, a national medical marijuana group advocating for increased access. “What’s needed now is for the federal government to work in harmony with these states in their efforts to ensure safe access to medical marijuana.”

The Rhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition (RIPAC), comprised of patients, advocacy groups, and healthcare providers, including the RI Medical Society and RI State Nurses Association, has been instrumental to ensuring the passage of the Medical Marijuana Act. The Rhode Island Compassion Center bill now heads to the Governor’s desk where it is expected to be vetoed and sent back to both houses for a veto-override vote, which advocates expect to win. “Rhode Island’s determination to ensure safe access to medical marijuana is exemplary and a model for other states to follow,” said RIPAC Executive Director Jesse Stout.

President Obama repeatedly stated at campaign appearances that he was “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws on this issue.” That campaign promise was affirmed by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in more recent statements made to the media about a “new American policy.” However, several Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) raids since the election have caused advocates to demand better adherence to those statements.

further information:rhode island compassion

center Bill, h5359: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Billtext/

Billtext09/housetext09/h5359.pdf

ripac and the compassion center Bill: http://ripatients.

org/home/cc09/

Medical Marijuana distribution bill Passes both rhode island houseslandslide veto-Proof vote will ensure increased access for ri Patients

Providence, RI -- The Rhode Island House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed H5359 today by a vote of 63-5, paving the way for three state-licensed, non-profit Compassion Centers that can “acquire, possess, cultivate, manufacture, deliver, transfer, transport, supply, or dispense marijuana...to registered qualifying patients and their registered primary caregivers.” The RI State Senate passed a companion bill, S0185, on April 29th by a vote of 35-2. Today’s State House vote indicates a solid victory for medical marijuana patients regardless of a possible veto by Governor Carcieri.

The issue of medical marijuana distribution has recently been in the headlines because

of Obama Administration statements about ending federal enforcement

against such facilities in California. At the same time, states like Rhode

Island have recognized the need to address access to medical

marijuana: a bill to authorize the use of medical

marijuana and license similar compassion

centers is currently being considered

in New Jersey; a ballot initiative

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doj: policy statements on medical marijuana don’t affect federal sentencing

advocacy group to argue at 4/23 sentencing hearing that lynch did not violate state law

Los Angeles, CA -- Legal counsel for the advocacy organization Americans for Safe Access (ASA) will appear on behalf of Charles C. Lynch at his federal sentencing hearing on Thursday, April 23rd to challenge the federal government’s claim of state law violations. Even though defendants are prevented from using a medical marijuana defense in federal court, they can argue state law compliance at sentencing. ASA Chief Counsel Joe Elford will argue that Lynch in no way violated state law, something that U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien has alleged in his sentencing recommendations.

At Lynch’s previously scheduled sentencing hearing on March 23rd, federal district court Judge George H. Wu asked for written clarification from the U.S. Attorney General as to whether recent statements by that office would impact Lynch’s sentencing. In a brief filed Friday, U.S. Attorney O’Brien stated that “the Deputy Attorney General has reviewed the facts of this case and determined that the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of defendant are entirely consistent with the policies of DOJ and with public statements made by the Attorney General with respect to marijuana prosecutions.” Lynch’s sentencing, which was originally postponed until April 30th, was changed by Judge Wu to April 23rd.

What: Sentencing hearing for Charles C. Lynch at which state law compliance will be argued by Chief Counsel for medical marijuana advocates Americans for Safe Access

When: Thursday, April 23rd at 3:00 p.m.

Where: Los Angeles Federal Court, 312 N. Spring Street, Courtroom 10

“It’s bad enough that the Justice Department is accusing Lynch of violating state law in order to sentence him in federal court,” said ASA Chief Counsel Joe Elford. “But, there is not even any

evidence that state law was violated.” Despite a March 2008 public statement by then-Senator Obama that he was “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try to circumvent state laws” on medical marijuana, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has since stated that the DOJ would still “go after those people who violate both federal and state law.”Advocates contend that the federal government should not even be prosecuting violations of state medical marijuana law. “It’s disingenuous to accuse people of state law violations and then prosecute them under federal law, thereby denying them an adequate defense in federal court,” continued Elford. Because of the June 2005 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Gonzales v. Raich, federal medical marijuana defendants are prohibited from entering evidence related to medical marijuana or their compliance with local and state laws. With more than two dozen pending federal medical marijuana cases, advocates are demanding that the government cease prosecutions or remove them to state court where evidence can properly be heard.

Defense attorneys are seeking time served for Lynch, but he faces a mandatory minimum of 6 years and the possibility of up to 20 years in federal prison. Before his medical marijuana dispensary was raided by Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents in March of 2007, Lynch had operated for 11 months without incident, and with the blessing of the Morro Bay City Council, the local Chamber of Commerce, and other community members. Two months after Lynch closed his dispensary, Central Coast Compassionate Caregivers, he was indicted and charged with conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute marijuana and concentrated cannabis, manufacturing more than 100 plants, knowingly maintaining a drug premises, and sales of marijuana to a person under the age of 21. None of the federal charges constitute violations of local or state law.

further information:

doj response to judge wu’s request for clarification:

http://www.safeaccessnow.org/downloads/doj_lynch_

response.pdf

charles c. lynch interview with john stossel: http://

www.friendsofccl.com/johnstossel.htm

friends of charles c. lynch weBsite: http://www.

friendsofccl.com


A California city's refusal to return less than$200 worth of cannabis to a qualified patienthas now cost them at least a thousand timesthat. And they had to return the cannabisanyway.

As part of a settlement to resolve theirunsuccessful challenge to the state's medicalmarijuana law, Garden Grove officials wrotea check for $139,000 in attorneys' fees toAmericans for Safe Access, who representedthe patient. That money is in addition towhat the city spent fighting the case, esti-mated at in excess of $100,000.

"It's unfortunate that the City of GardenGrove felt it necessary to spend more than aquarter of a million dollars challenging apatient's right to his medicine," said ASAChief Counsel Joe Elford. "Hopefully, otherlocal officials will now do better upholdingmedical marijuana patients' rights under thelaw."

When officials in Garden Grove said theywould not return the eight grams ofcannabis seized from Felix Kha in June 2005,ASA filed suit. All charges against Kha hadbeen dismissed because he was able to show

that he is a qualifiedpatient under state law,but city officials arguedthat returning his medi-cine would require themto violate federal law.

In a landmark decision, asuperior court disagreedand ordered the city toreturn the cannabis to

Kha, but Garden Grove appealed. A stateappellate panel also found in favor of Kha,ruling that, "it is not the job of the localpolice to enforce the federal drug laws."

City officials then asked first the CaliforniaSupreme Court and then the U.S. Supreme

Court to reverse the decision, but bothrefused to review the case.

"This settlement is a huge victory for patientsthat underscores law enforcement's obliga-tion to uphold state law," said Elford."Better adherence to state medical marijua-na laws by local police will result in fewerneedless arrests and seizures. That protectspatients from hardship and avoids wastingresources."

Americans for Safe AccessA c t i v i s t N e w s l e t t e r

Defending Patients’ Access to Medical Mari juana

July 2009 Volume 4, Issue 7

Americans for Safe Access • 1322 Webster Street, Suite 402 • Oakland, CA 94612510-251-1856 • [email protected] • www.AmericansForSafeAccess.org

California City Loses Lawsuit, Pays ASA $139,000 in Attorneys' FeesGarden Grove Officials Tried to Avoid Returning Cannabis to Qualified Patient

California SenateResolution Asks forChange on Cannabis

While the Obama Administration has prom-ised a new policy on prosecuting medicalcannabis cases, California state senators aretelling Washington they want to see newlaw.

Senate Joint Resolution 14, introduced byMark Leno (D-SF), asks Congress and thePresident to do more than just end federalraids, intimidation, and other interference

with state medical mari-juana laws. The resolu-tion asks that the federalgovernment establish acomprehensive policythat ensures safe andlegal access for patientsas well as allow them amedical defense to feder-al marijuana charges. Italso asks them to actively

encourage clinical research on the therapeu-tic use of marijuana.

The resolution is consistent with ASA'snational strategy to enact nationwide pro-tections for patients and advance scientificresearch to fully unlock the therapeuticpotential of cannabis.

"The U.S. is poised for a fundamental over-haul on medical cannabis policy," Said DonDuncan, ASA's California Director. "Our leg-islative strategy is diverse and multi-faceted,

Medical cannabis patients in Solano Countywill soon be able to obtain California stateID cards to protect them from wrongfularrest or seizure of their medicine, thanks tolegal action by ASA.

The 3-2 vote by the county's supervisorscomes five months after ASA filed suit toforce them to implement the card program,and one month after the U.S. SupremeCourt declined to consider another county'schallenge to state medical marijuana law.

"Solano had come to the end of its legalrope, with no recourse but to obey statelaw," said Joe Elford, ASA's chief counsel."More than twelve years after the passageof California's medical marijuana law, it'stime for local officials to respect the legalrights and protections afforded patients."

Some local officials have argued that thefederal prohibition on all marijuana use pre-vented them from complying withCalifornia's medical marijuana law. In 2006,

San Diego County brought that argumentto court in a closely watched case that wasalso litigated, in part, by ASA. The challengewas rejected first in superior court than atthe appellate level. The California SupremeCourt refused to review the case in 2008,and last month the U.S. Supreme Court alsodeclined to hear it.

At time the lawsuit was filed in January2009, Solano was one of 12 counties refus-ing to comply with California's 2004 MedicalMarijuana Program Act, which mandatesthat counties make available voluntary IDcards to qualified medical cannabis patientsand their caregivers.

According to the Department of PublicHealth, 52 of California's 58 counties arenow issuing cards or have plans to do so.Officials in the six remaining counties—Colusa, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc, Mono,and Sutter—have received notice from ASAthat they face litigation unless they comply. (continued page 2)

Joe Elford

Sen. Mark Leno

ASA Suit Gets County to Issue Cannabis ID CardsOthers Face Legal Action if Calif. Program Not Adopted

with success on any one of our goals likely tohave profound, domino-like policy implica-tions."

ASA is mobilizing its grassroots base ofalmost 40,000 members in sixty chapters andaffiliates to change federal policy. In 2009and 2010, ASA's efforts will be geographical-ly targeted, and SJR 14 is an important partof that strategy.

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ACTION ALERT: Stop Federal InterferenceUrge your Representative to Support HR 2835

On June 11, Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) and a small bi-partisan coalition ofMembers of Congress re-introduced HR 2835, The Medical Marijuana Patient ProtectionAct. The legislation will help protect individuals who use or provide medical cannabis inaccordance with their state law.

If passed, this important legislation would, among other things, change the classificationof marijuana from a Schedule I to Schedule II drug under the Controlled Substances Actand provide federal protections for qualified patients, their caregivers, and safe-accesssites authorized by state or local law.

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A bipartisan bill that would dramaticallytransform federal policy on medical marijua-na is before the House. The bill seeks tochange the classification of marijuana froma Schedule I drug, defined as having nomedical value, to a Schedule II drug, whichcould be prescribed like other medications.Known as the "Medical Marijuana PatientProtection Act" or HR 2835, the act wouldalso prevent interference by the federal gov-ernment in any state or local medical mari-juana program.

The bill, introduced by RepresentativeBarney Frank (D-MA) along with a dozenother members, is similar to legislation intro-duced in previous Congressional terms.

"We're hopeful that the ObamaAdministration's new policy on medical mar-ijuana creates the right political context forpassing this important legislation," saidCaren Woodson, ASA's Government AffairsDirector. "It's time for the federal govern-ment to acknowledge marijuana's medicalefficacy and develop a comprehensive plan

to provide safe, consistent access for thehundreds of thousands of Americans thatbenefit from its use."

In addition to rescheduling marijuana underthe Controlled Substances Act (CSA), HR2835 would provide federal legal protec-tions for all qualified patients and caregiversin states that have legalized the use of med-ical marijuana, as well as any entity author-ized under local or state law to distributemedical marijuana.

In addition to the Frank bill, RepresentativeMaurice Hinchey (D-NY) has asked for clarifi-cation of the Obama Administration's policyin language he added to the appropriationsbill that funds the Department of Justice.

"It's imperative that the federal governmentrespect states' rights and stay out of the wayof patients with debilitating diseases such ascancer who are using medical marijuana inaccordance with state law to alleviate theirpain," Rep. Hinchey said in a statement.

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Congress Considers Bill to Protect Medical Marijuana PatientsLaw Would Allow Prescriptions, End Federal Interference in States

Rhode Island is Third Statewith Patient Access Program

The Rhode Island legislature this monthoverrode Governor Donald Carcieri's vetoto establish "Compassion Centers" for dis-tributing cannabis to qualified patients.

By votes of 65-0 in the state House and 35-3 in the Senate, state lawmakers over-whelmingly approved the creation of threestate-licensed, non-profit centers. The firstwill be operational within 7 months, theother two within a year after that.

The Obama Administration's new policy ofnot interfering in state medical cannabis pro-grams has given state officials more optionsfor ensuring access. New Jersey lawmakersare considering a bill similar to RhodeIsland's, and a ballot initiative in Maine willgive voters a chance to allow dispensariesthere, come November. California's legisla-ture codified the legal status of patient col-lectives back in 2004, and New Mexico haslicensed a non-profit medical marijuana pro-ducer and has plans for more.

"It's heartening to see states implementingdistribution systems for patients who can'tgrow medical marijuana themselves," saidCaren Woodson, ASA's Government AffairsDirector. "What's needed now is for the fed-eral government to work in harmony withthese states to ensure access for patients."

The bill in Rhode Island was backed by theRhode Island Patient Advocacy Coalition, agroup comprised of patients, advocacygroups, and healthcare providers, includingthe state Medical Society and Nurses'Association.

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Commonnsense.That’s how the Mendocino County

Sheriff’s Office is approaching the

enforcement of our State & County’s

medical marijuana laws. Legitimate

medical marijuana users and their

caregivers are looking for guidance;

illegal growers and suppliers are

looking for loopholes.

Wherever you stand on medical marijuana, you deserve to know how the laws will be enforced in Mendocino County.

This is just a summary of the laws

and ordinances. To learn more,

watch the “Medical Marijuana

Guidelines” video at www.

UkiahValley.tv. A complete copy

of the Sheriff’s Office enforcement

directive and the Attorney General’s

guidelines are also available at:

www.mendocinosheriff.com

Sheriff’s Office

(707) 463-4411

Public Health Card

Ukiah (707) 472-2784

Don’t run with scissors.Close your mouth when you chew.Fasten your seat belt.Don’t grow more than 25 marijuana plants on one parcel.In 2008, several laws affecting medical marijuana were changed by the Mendocino County voters, the Mendocino County Board of Supervisors and the Courts.

7A qualified patient may possess eight ounces of processed marijuana and either six mature or twelve immature marijuana plants. (Measure B)

7Trespass grows, cultivation on public land, theft of water and growing techniques that cause environmental damage are always illegal.

7A qualified patient or caregiver may possess a greater amount if that amount is recommended by a physician and is consistent with a patients medical needs. (11362.77 Health & Safety Code)

7A primary caregiver cannot possess any more marijuana than is allowed for his or her qualified patient. (11362.77 Health & Safety Code)

7 If the only service you provide to a qualified patient is supplying marijuana, then you are not a primary caregiver. You are a drug dealer. (Peo. vs. Mentch)

7Consistent with Prop 215, the Board of Supervisors has declared that cultivation of more than twenty-five plants per parcel is a public nuisance therefore you cannot grow more than 25 marijuana plants on a single parcel of land. It doesn’t matter whether the plants are grown indoors or outdoors, and it doesn’t matter how many patients or caregivers use the parcel. (County Ord. 9.31)

7Marijuana grown outside must be fully enclosed by a fence at least six feet in height, with a lockable gate that is locked at all times when the patient or caregiver is not in the immediate area. (County Ord. 9.31)

7If any of your parcel boundaries are within 1,000 feet of a youth oriented facility, school or park, any school bus stop or any church, then you can’t grow marijuana on that parcel. The distance is measured from the parcel boundary—not the garden. (County Ord. 9.31)

7The best way to prove you are a qualified patient or primary caregiver is to obtain a State issued medical marijuana identification card. (11362.71 Health & Safety Code)

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Has Mendocino County become an international destination for

marijuana growers? police arrested four men who are thought to be

Bulgarian nationals in the Bently Ridge and estel Ridge areas east of

Covelo in the first week of july. around 2,200 marijuana plants were

destroyed in what the sheriff’s Office described as a large commercial

marijuana operation.

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David Dzaynelev were arrested for possession and suspicion of growing

marijuana for sale as well as possession of a gun during a felony crime.

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Ukiah along Low Gap Road. Two of the suspects were israeli citizens and

others were from all over the country but none were from Mendocino.

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and scott Briscoe at a garden with 725 plants on suspicion of cultivation

and possession of marijuana for sale. Then at another nearby garden, 715

plants were found in which 13 people were arrested.

ariel serota of Galil alion, israel, and itamar yehonatan perez of Rishonlee

zion, israel; Rachel kaye Latvala of ann arbor, Michigan; adam strong

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of Denver, Colorado; Marcos Robert Manila of Los angeles; aaron

shulman of Tahoe City; Brandy araQuistain of san Bruno; jess sullivan

kahn of Oakland; and Brandi Cruz Caro, Trisha kristine Foulke and Martin

alexander of san Francisco; were all arrested on suspicion of cultivation

and possession of marijuana for sale

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county taking advantage of marijuana loopholes. Locals fear that the area

is becoming an international destination for growers.

Ariel Serota , 23 Galil Alion, Israel

Itamar Perez , 22 Rishonlee Zion, Israel

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noRTh coASTH umboldt Patient Resource Center, 980 6th St. Arcata 707-826-7988 Open 10-5 M-Th, 10-5:30 F.

Arcata iCenter, 1085 K St. Arcata (707) 496-9769 Open Mon-Fri 10-7, Sat 11-7, Sun 12-5.

Herban Legend, 17851 N. Hwy 1, Fort Bragg (707) 961-0113; M-Sa 11am-6pm.

Sonoma Patient Group, 2425 Cleveland Ave #175 Santa Rosa (707) 526-2800.

Organic Cannabis Foundation - 301 E. Todd Rd, Santa Rosa (707) 588-881 Open 10-6:45 M-F; 10-4:45 Sa.

Peace in Medicine, 6771 Sebastopol Ave (Hwy 12), Sebastopol (707) 823-4206 Open Tu-Sa 10:30-7; Su-M 10:30- 5.

Sonoma Alliance for Med MJ (707) 522-0292 - Advocacy & education (Does not distribute).

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 Open M-Sa 10-6.

Patients Resource Compassionate Care Coalition, 9781 Point Lakeview Rd #2, Kelseyville (707) 277-8300. Open Su-Th 11-7, F-Sa Noon-8.

Good Karma Growers Collective, 6045 Second Ave. Lucerne (707) 274-2144

The Humboldt Cooperative 601 I St., Suite 2 Arcata (707) 822-9330. Open Mon-Thu 10-5:30; Fri 10-6, Sat 10-5:30.

Caregiver Compassion Group, 2425 Cleveland Ave #140, Santa Rosa (707) 542-7303.

Northern California Collective & Vapor Lounge 8050 Lake St. Lower Lake (707) 998-5248

Compassionate Heart 2020 Industry Rd. Ukiah (707) 462-5100 Open Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 11-7; Thurs 1-7. [email protected]

cenTRAl vAlley & fooThillS To ReddingMMCA, Cameron Park (El Dorado Co.) (530) 677-5362

Golden State Patient Care Collective, 233 Hwy 174, Colfax (530) -346-2514. M, Tu, W, Sat 10 - 5; Th-Fr 10-6.

Trusted Friends Inc. 2030 California St. Redding (530) 229-1920. Open Mon. - Sat. 11:00 - 7:00 [email protected]

Yuba County Cannabis Buyers’ Collective (530) 749-7497

Stanislaus/Central Valley Co-op: Primary Caregivers & Consul-tants (209) 818-2932 [email protected]

MEDMAR Clinic Dispensing Collective 210 East Olive Fresno (559) 442-8420 Open Mon-Sat 12-6 [email protected]

Cal Patient Collectives 2728 Churn Creek Rd. Redding (530) 221-3790 Open 8-8.

WDH Precious Safe House 2849 Bechellie Rd. Redding (530) 221-3723 Open 8-8.

SAcRAMenToCanna Care, 320 Harris Ave #G Sacramento (916) 925-1199 Daily 10-8.

Marconi Medical Center, 2105 Marconi Ave, Sacramento (916) 565-1943. Open M-Sa 10-7, Su 10-5.

Doctor’s Orders, 1704 Main Ave, Sacramento (916)564-2112 Open M-Sa 10-6, Su 10-3.

Nor Cal Alternative Healing, 515 Broadway, Sacramento (916) 448-3590. Open M-Sa 10-7.

Sacramento Healing Center, 2014 10th St, Sacramento (916) 930-0939. Open 10am-10pm M-Sa, 12-5pm Sun.

Hugs Alternative Care, 2035 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento (916) 452-3699. Open 10-8.

Mendomeds, 277 Arden Way, Sacramento organic (916) 349-8873 or (916) 349-8263. Open M-Sa 10-8, Su 10-5. [email protected]

12 Hour Care Collective, 6666-C Fruitridge Blvd. Sacramento (916) 386-9727. Open daily noon-8pm.

El Camino Wellness Center Collective, 2511 Connie Dr, Ste. 200 Sacramento (916)473-2427. Open 10:30-7 M-Sa, 1-6 Su. [email protected]

Horizon Non-Profit Collective, 3600 Power Inn Road 1A, Sacra-mento (916) 455-1931.

Unity Non Profit Collective, 1832 Tribute Rd. Suite E Sacramento (916) 564-1824 Open M-Sat 10-7, Sun 12-5.

Green Solutions, 3318 Broadway, Sacramento (916) 706-3568. Open daily 10-7.

E. Street Health Care Cooperative, 3020 E. Street Sacramento (916) 930-1920 Open M-F 10 am to 7 pm, Sat 10 am to 6 pm.

Fruitridge Health and Wellness Center (FHWC) 2831 Fruitridge Rd Suite E Sacramento 916-706-3806 Open daily 11-6

Capitol Wellness Collective, 2100 29th St. Sacramento (916) 739-1471 Open 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.

A Therapeutic Alternative 3015 H. Street Sacramento (916) 400-3095 Open M-F 10-7, Sat 10-6. [email protected]

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

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

conTRA coSTA co. # 7 Stars Holistic Healing Center, 3288 Pierce St. Suite # M108 (Inside Pacific East Mall) Richmond (510) 527-STARS

# East Bay Patients Association, 3223 Pierce St. Richmond (510) 527-0420

AlAMedA counTy - hAyWARd/TRi-vAlleyGarden of Eden, 21227 Foothill Blvd Castro Valley (510) 881-2160 Open 9-9 daily; no new patients after 7 pm. (Closed until further notice 4/09.)

We Are Hemp (San Lorenzo) 913 East Lewelling Blvd (510) 276-2628 M-Sa 11-8.

Purple Elephant Non-profit Collective Inc., 1537 Webster St. Suite B (upstairs) Alameda (510) 995-8530 Open daily 11a.m.-7p.m.

oAklAndCoffee Shop Blue Sky, 377 17th St. (510) 251-0690. Open M-F 9 - 8; Sa 10- 8, Su 10 - 6

Oakland Patient Center (formerly CARE), 705 Broadway (510) 893-0891 Open M-Sa 9-7, Su 10-5. Specializes in high-grade

Purple Heart Center, 415 Fourth. St. (Jack London Sq) (510) 625-7877. M-Sa 9-8, Su 10-7.

Harborside Health Center 1840 Embarcadero (510) 533-0147 Open 11-8 daily.

SAn fRAnciScoSF Medical Cannabis Clinic #1, 122 Tenth St (at Mission) 415-626-4781 Open M-W 11-7; Th - Sa 10-7; Su 11-6.

Alternative Herbal Health, 442 Haight St. (415) 864-1300. Open 11-8 M-SA.

The Vapor Room 609A Haight St. Open M-F 10:30AM - 8:30PM; Sa-Su 12 - 8PM

The Patient Place, 4811 Geary Blvd 415-386-4367.

Love Shack 502 14th St. at Guerrero (415) 552-5121

Ketama Cooperative, 14 Valencia St. (between Market and Mc-Coppin) (415) 861-2451. Open daily 10-10.

Green Door 843 Howard St. (415) 541-9590 Open daily 11-8

Alternative Patient Caregivers, 953 Mission St. #108 (between 5th & 6th) (415) 618-0680 (11-7 M-F, 11-5 Sat).

Alternative Relief Co-Op 1944 Ocean Ave.(415) 239-4766 natural herbs & tea (noon - 7 pm M-Sat). Deliveries to in-patients in SF hospitals.

San Francisco ACT-UP 1884 Market St. (415) 864-6686

Sweetleaf Collective (415) 273-4663 - For low-income AIDS, cancer patients

The Hopenet Coop, 223 Ninth St. (415) 863-4399 Open M-F 12-7, Sa 12-5.

The Divinity Tree, 958 Geary St. (415) 614-9194 Open M-Sa 10-7; Su 11-6.

Mr. Nice Guy, 174 Valencia St. (415) 865-0990 Open 10-10 Su -Th; 10-midnight F-Sa.

Emmalyn’s 1597 Howard St. #A 415-861-1000 Daily 10-8.

Good Fellows Smoke Shop, 473 Haight St. (415) 255-1323 Daily 10-10.

Sanctuary, 669 O’Farrell (415) 885-4420

Re-Leaf Herbal Center, 1284 Mission St. (415) 235-3307. Open 12-8 M-Sa.

Grass Roots Clinic, 1077 Post St. (415) 346-4338 Open 10-7 M-Sa, 10-5 Su.

208 Valencia St. (at Duboce, inside Cafe) 415-621-0131. Open M- Sa 8am -10 pm, Su 8- 8.

BASA Collective: 1326 Grove Street (no phone). Open M-Sa 9am-10pm, Su 9-9.

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Nor-Cal, 1545 Ocean Ave. (415) 469-7700

Bernal Heights Co-op Dispensary, 33 29th St. San Francisco (415) 642-5895

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

North Bay Alternative Healing, 40 B Tennessee St. Vallejo Open Mon-Sat 10:30 - 7:30, Sun Noon - 7:30.

Vallejo Patients’ Cooperative, 320 Mini Drive Vallejo (707) 557-7709. Open 10-7 Mon-Sat; 2-6:30 Sun.

Apela Collective, 469 Entrada Drive Novato (415) 234-6957 Open Sun-Weds 11-8, Fri/Sat 11-9.

SouTh BAy & peninSulAMy Green Heaven Ministry, Millbrae (Information Only.)

Universal Healthcare Cooperative Corp. 171 - 5th Ave #107, Redwood City Open 11-6 M-F

Blue Heaven, 3149 Middlefield Rd Redwood City (650) 361-8009. Open M-Sa 10-8

Su 10-4.

Evolution 6116 Highway 9 Felton (650) 537-6256

California Patients Cooperative 2860 Spring Street Suite 1 Redwood City (650) 771-5714 Open Mon-Sat 10-7, closed every third Sat.

SAnTA cRuzWo/Men’s Alliance for Medical MJ (WAMM) (831)425-0580 (NOT a dispensary, but a collec-tive for seriously ill Santa Cruz patients in hospice care)

Greenway Compassionate Relief, 140 Dubois St #D (831) 420-1640 Open 11-6 M-F, 10-6 Sa.

Santa Cruz Patients Collective - specializing in high-grade organic - 115 Limekiln St (831) 425-SCPC Open M-F 11-7; Sa 10-7.

The Hemporium, a Santa Cruz Mountain Collective. By appoint-ment ONLY. (831) 295-9381 Closed Sundays.

cenTRAl vAlley SouThTulare Alterna-tive Relief, 219 North M St. #106, Tulare (559) 688-2001. Open M,Tu, F 10-6; W-Th 10-4:30.

Earth Meds, 360 S. Burnett, Tipton/Tulare (559) 752-0420 Open M-F: 10:30 am - 6:30 pm; SA: 11:00 - 4:00.

American Caregivers Facility, 15492 E. Mineral King Visalia (559) 635-0420. M-F 9-7, Sa 10-6, Su 9-1.

MMAD (Medicinal MJ Awareness & Defense), 31910 Road 160, Visalia (559) 627-6623. By appointment only.

Tulare’s Alternative Healthcare 260 N. L St. Tulare (559) 688-4420. Open 11-8.

Twisted Medical Center 1810 N. Chester Avenue Bakersfield (661) 391-9420 Open Mon-Sat 11-cenTRAl coAST - SAnTA BARBARA - venTuRASanta Barbara Patients’ Group, 3128 State St. (805) 845-5245. Open Mon-Sat 10-8, Sun 12-6.

Hortipharm Caregivers, 3516 State St., Santa Barbara (805) 563-2802. Open 10-9 daily.

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The Holistic Caregivers, 1321 E. Compton Blvd, Comp-ton (310) 629-4386; for deliveries phone (310) 764-4740. Open M-Th 9am-8pm; Fr-Sa 9-9; Su 11-5.

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. Open M-Sa 11-9, Su 11-6.

Highland Park Patient Collective, 5716 N. Figueroa Ave, Highland Park (626) 610-3145 Open 10-10 daily. mygreenmeds.com

T.H.C. Vermont , 14102 S. Vermont Blvd, Gardena (310) 527-4341. Open M-Th 10am - 7pm, F-Sa 10-8, Su 11-5.

Inglewood Wellness Center 318 S. Market St. Inglewood (310) 674-4444

Green Sun Collective, 5593 W. Manchester Ave. Los Angeles - also deliveries (310) 338-1394. Open Daily 11am-12 Midnight

Arts District Healing Center, 620 E. 1st St. Los Angeles (213) 687-9981 Open M-Sa 11am -10 pm.

“@ Downtown” Wellness Center, 423 W. Venice Blvd. Los Ange-

les 213-746-3355. Tues-Sat 11-7 Sun 11-6.Downtown Collective, 1600 S. Hill St. #D, Los Angeles (213) 746-5420 Open Tu - Sa 11-8, Su 12-5.

KUSH Collective, 1111 S. La Brea Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 938-KUSH Open 11-11 M-Sa.

La Brea Collective, 812 S. La Brea Ave, Los Angeles (323) 939-3374. Open 12pm -12 am dailly.

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

Hollywood Holistic, 1543 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 481-0660, Open 12-7 M-Sa.

Crenshaw Holistic Caregivers, 4427 1/2 Crenshaw Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 291-5420. Open 10-7 M-Th, 10-8 Fr & Sa, 11-5 Sun.

Canna Care Relief, 1716 S. Sepulveda Blvd #105, Los Angeles (310) 473-4105 Open 10-7.

Purple Heart Compassionate, 5823 B West Pico Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 938-8880 Open 11-7 daily.

The Natural Way of L.A., 5817 Pico Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 936-4300. Open M-Sa 10-8, Su 11-6.

Herbalcure Cooperative 11318 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles 310.312.5215/ 866.LOVE.420 Open M-Sa 12-8, Su 12-7.

City Compassionate Caregivers 606 E. 4th St., Los Angeles (213) 617-0447. Open 10-8 daily.

Higher Path Holistic Care Los Angeles 1302 W Sunset Blvd (213) 484-1001 or (213) 977-0907 or (866) 420-PATH. Open 12-10 daily.

Liberty Bell Temple, 2823 Hyperion Ave, Silverlake (323) 663-2420 Open M-Sa 11-10, Su 12-7.

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. Free samples for first time patients.

Heaven on Earth Healing, 4517 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 661-8894. Open Su-Th 10-8, F-Sa 10am-12am.

Downtown Patients’ Group, 1753 S. Hill St. #8, Los Angeles (213) 747-3386 Open 11-10 daily.

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. Open M-Sa 11-10, Su 12-10.

Euphoric Caregivers, 1155 N. Vermont #202, Los Angeles (323) 664-9900. Daily 11-7.

California Patients Alliance, 8271 Melrose #102, Los Angeles (323) 655-1735 [email protected]

Living Earth Wellness Center, 4207 W. Pico Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 936-5000. Open 12-8 daily.

Culver City Collective, 10887 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 838-5888. Open 11:30-8 daily.

Cali’s Finest Compassionate Co-op, 8540 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 838-5800 Open 12pm-10pm.

Robertson Caregivers Beverlywood, 2515 S. Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles (310) 837-7279. Open M-Sa 11-9, Su 11-7.

The Healing Touch, 4430 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, (323) 644-7300 Open M-Sa 11-8, Su 12-6

Hazelwood Patients Collective, 3208 Eagle Rock Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 542-9140 Open M-Sa 9a-10p, Su 12-8.

Hyperion Healing, 1913 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles (323) 953-1913 Hours: Su, M, We, Th 12-7; Fr-Sa 12-8. Closed Tues.

Herbal Healing Center (HHC) Co-Op 1051 S. Fairfax Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 934-4314. Hours M-Th 10-8, F-Sa 10-9, Su 12-6.

Soto Street Collective, 1260 S. Soto #1, Los Angeles (323) 262-8288. Open 11:30-8 daily.

Medical Caregivers Association 4344 Eagle Rock - also deliveries - Eagle Rock (323) 551-5874. Open 11-8 M-Sa.

Los Angeles Cannabis Club, 5072 W. Pico Blvd Los Angeles (323) 937-7706. Open Daily 11am-12Midnight - also Deliveries

Hollywood Patients’ Collective (Kush Mart), 6410 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood (323) 664-1100. Open 10am -11pm daily.

www.hollywoodcollective.com. M-F 11-7; Sa 12 -8 pm; Su 12-6pm.

Canto Diem 5419 Sunset Blvd. #5, Hollywood (323) 465-4420 Open M-We 12-8; Th-Sa 12-9; Su by appointment only.

Hollyweed 1607 N. El Centro #24 (upstairs) Hollywood (323) 469-9073. Open 11-9 daily.

City of Angels Wellness Center 6435 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood (323) 466-2295. Open M-Sa 11-9. Su 12-9.

Eden Therapy Caregivers, 6757 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood

(323) 463-8937. Daily Noon-10pm.Sunset Holistic 4477 Hollywood Blvd. Suite 200 Hollywood (323) 668-0402. Daily 11-9.

SouthWest Caregivers, 4614 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 660-3776. Open Mon-Wed 11-9, Thurs-Sat 11-midnight, Sun 12-9.

PCH Collective 22609 Pacific Coast Hwy Malibu (310) 456-0666 Open M-Sa 12-8, Su 12-6

Green Angel of Malibu 21355 Pacific Coast Hwy #100 Malibu (310) 317-6298 Open Su-Th 11-8; Fr & Sa 11-9 .

Marina Caregivers, 730 Washington Blvd. Marina Del Rey (310) 574-4000. Open M-F 11 am - 11pm; Sa 12-10; Su 12-8.

Organica Collective, 13456 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Rey (310) 578-2945. Open 11-11 daily. www.organicala.com

Beach Center Collective, 310 Culver Blvd, Playa Del Rey (310) 821-4420. Open Su-Tu 11-7, We-Sa 11-8.

California Alternative Caregivers 122 S. Lincoln Blvd #204 Venice (877) 219-3809 Open M-Sa 12-8, Sun 12-7.

Supplemental Organic Solutions, Inc., 2501 Lincoln Blvd. Venice (310)-450-9141 Open 11-7 daily.

Ironworks Collective, 4100 Lincoln Blvd Venice/Marina (310) 305-8425 Open 10-9 M-Sa; 11-6 Su.

Venice Beach Care Center, 410 Lincoln Blvd, Venice (310) 399-4307 Open M-Th 12-8, F-Sa 11-10, Su 11-7.

NILE Collective, 1501 Pacific Ave, Venice (310) 392-9900. Open 11-7 daily.

B. Green, 10835 Santa Monica Blvd #204A Los Angeles/West-wood 310-234-6634. Open 11-10 daily.

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

Western Caregivers Group Collective 467 N.Western Ave Los Angeles 323-464-5571 Mon-Sat 12-9

The Farmacy Venice, 1509 Abbot Kinney Venice (310) 392-3890 M-W 11-9, Th-Sat 11-10, Sun 12-7.

The Farmacy Westwood, 1035 Gayley Ave. Westwood (310) 208-0820 M-Sat. 12-8.

Melrose Holistic, 4901 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles (323) 466-0036 Open Mon-Sat 10-8

Grasshopper:A Nonprofit Collective, Inc. 5027 York Blvd. Highland Park (323) 344-9338 Open 11am-9pm daily.

Fairfax Organic Farm 800 N. Fairfax Ave #100 Los Angeles (323) 951-0691. Open M-Th 11-11, Fri, Sat, Sun 10-10. [email protected].

Universal Caregivers Center, 4157 Eagle Rock Boulevard Suite 4 Los Angeles (866) 975-7215. Open Mon - Sun 10 AM - 8 PM

High Quality Caregivers, 1344 North Highland Ave. Suite 103 Los Angeles (877) 320-9333 Open daily 10 AM - 9 PM

Olive Tree, 645 S. Olive St. Los Angeles also Downtown deliver-ies (213) 909-7315, Mon-Sat 10am-7pm.

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

California Caregivers Alliance (CCA), 2815 W. Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles (213) 353-0100 ww.420kush.com

Melrose Meds 7353 Melrose Ave Los Angeles Open 10 am-8pm daily [email protected]

Bull Dog Cafe Collective (BCC) 6105 Melrose Ave Los Angeles (323) 962-2003 Open daily 11AM-10PM

The Green Easy (T.G.E.) 7948 W. 3rd St. Los Angeles (877) 321-KUSH(5874) Open daily 9am-11pm

Better Alternative Treatment 7353 Melrose Los Angeles

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

California Herbal Healing Center (CHHC), 1437 N. La Brea Hol-lywood (877) 420-KUSH(5874) Open daily 11-11.

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

Hollywood THC 5322 Sunset Los Angeles (323) 465-9513 Open 10AM-2AM

Keep It Medical, 3322 Barham Boulevard Los Angeles (323) 851-0204 Mon-Sun 11 AM - 9 PM

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

Overland Gardens, 2452 Overland Ave. Los Angeles (310) 845-9117 Open M-Sat 11-9, Sun 12-8.

Slauson Leaves, 4435 West Slauson Ave. Unit B Los Angeles 323-298-2047 or 323-952-3126. Open M-Sat. 12noon-9pm [email protected]

Venice Collective, 12581 Venice Blvd Suite # 201 Los Angeles Open daily 10am to 8pm [email protected]

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


209-3333 Open daily 11 AM - 2AM.Canna Health Caregivers Los Angeles (323) 743-8070 Open daily 10 AM - 10 PM [email protected]

Westchester Collective 8936 South Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 202 Los Angeles (310) 410-3200 Open Mon - Thurs 11-8, Fri/Sat 11-11.

Rainforest Collective 12515 Venice Boulevard Los Angeles (310) 391-0011 Open M-Sat 10 AM -10 PM Sun 12 PM -10 PM.

Pain Releaf Discount Collectives 1359 S. Redondo Blvd. Los Angeles (323) 935-0383 Open Mon-Sat 12-8 [email protected]

Gourmet Green Room Venice 736 Lincoln Blvd. Venice (310) 581-0600 Open daily 11am-2am

American Eagle Collective 2501 Colorado Bl. #B Eagle Rock (323) 739-0215 Open M-F 9-9, Sat/Sun 11-7.

Vermont Herbal Center 955 S. Vermont Ave. #T Los Angeles (213) 387-5203 Open Daily 10am - 10pm

LA OG Collective 7350 Melrose Ave (corner of Fuller) Hollywood (323) 782-9859 [email protected] Open daily 10:30 am - 8:00 pm

California Collective Association - CCA-WEST LA, 952 Gayley Ave. Los Angeles (310) 443 - 2100. Open Mon-Fri 11-9pm, Sat & Sun 12-8pm

California Collective Association - CCA-KTOWN, 326 S. Western Ave #E. Los Angeles (213) 384-0359. Open Mon-Fri 11-9pm, Sat & Sun 12-8pm

WeST hollyWood LA Patients and Caregivers Group - 7213 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood (at Formosa) (323) 882-6033 www.LAMedi-calMarijuana.com

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

Medical Marijuana Farmacy 7825 Santa Monica Blvd (323) 848-7981 (also LA area deliveries) M-Sat 10-8; Su 12-7.

Zen Healing Collective, 8464 Santa Monica Blvd, W. Hollywood (323) 656-6611. Open M-Sa 12-8, Su 12-7.

West Hollywood Center for Compassionate Healing, 8921 Sunset Blvd. @ San Vicente (park across street at Hustler) W. Hollywood (310) 626-3333

SAn feRnAndo vAlleyValley Patients Group, 8953 Woodman Ave #101 Arleta (818)332-0736 Open M-Th 12:00-8:00p.m Friday 10:00-9:00,Sat-Sun 8:00a.m-8:00p.m

Arleta Herbal Center, 8942 Woodman Ave. #B2, Arleta (818) 894-HERB (4372) Open 11-9 daily.

D.E.C. Medical, 6309 Van Nuys Blvd #203, Van Nuys (new ad-dress as of 9/1/08). Open 10-9 daily.

Herbal Solutions Collective, 22728 Ventura Blvd #A Woodland Hills (818) 704-1300 Open M-Th 11-8; F-Sa 11-9; Su 12-7.

Holistic Alternative, Inc, 21001-12 Sherman Way, Canoga Park (818) 703-1190. Open M-Sa 10-8, Su 11-6.

Platinum Club, 21220 Devonshire St. #203, Chatsworth (818) 998-CLUB(2582). Open M-F 10-8; Sa 11-6.

Alleviations, 15720 Ventura Blvd Suite 302 Encino (818) 788-1001 Open M-Sa 11-10, Su 12-10.

Kind Meds Collective Care, 17049 Ventura Blvd (back), Encino (818) 783-2768. Open 11-8 daily.

Caregivers Earth Ordinance, 17050 Chatsworth St #243, Granada Hills, (818) 530-2614 Open M-Sa 11-8, Su 12-6

Golden State Collective, 10369 Balboa Blvd, Granada Hills , 818-357-2500 Open 11-10 M-Th, 11-11 F-Sa, 12-8 Su.

Patients Against Pain, 6240 Laurel Canyon #B, North Hollywood (818) 752-7274 Open M-Sa 11-7, Su 12-7.

Divine Wellness Center, 5056 Lankershim Blvd. North Hollywood 818-508-9948.

Valley Holistic Caregivers, 7200 Vineland #205 Sun Valley (818) 255-5511. Open 11-8 daily.

Cannamed of Northridge, 9349 Melvin Ave. #9 (818) 882-4849 - 10 am -7 pm M-Sa.

Nature’s Natural Collective Care, 6951 Reseda Blvd, Reseda (818) 344-1102.

Reseda Discount Caregivers, 6102 Reseda Blvd, Reseda (818) 757-0434. Open daily 10-9.

Los Angeles Valley Caregivers,6657 Reseda Blvd #202, Reseda (818) 654-9731 Open M-Sa 11-8, Su 12-7

The Greenhouse, 5156 Sepulveda Blvd. - upstairs (sorry, no elevator) Sherman Oaks (818) 386-1343. Open 11am to 8pm Mon-Sat www.greenhouseherbs.com

Valley Independent Pharmacy, 13650 Burbank Blvd, Sherman Oaks (818) 345-5477 Open M-F 11-10, Sa 12-10, Su 12-9.

Emerald Triangle Ministry, 13321 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks (818) 386-2998. Open M-Sa 11-9, Su 12-7.

Wellness Caregivers, 14429 Ventura Blvd 2nd Floor #111, Sher-man Oaks (818) 981-4781. Open M-Sa 11-8.

Studio City Caregivers, 3625 Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 850-1847. Open M-Sa 11-8, Su 12-5.

Green Aid Pharmacy, 3441 W. Cahuenga Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 436-0259.

California Organic Treatment Center, 11644 Ventura Blvd, Studio City (818) 506-5948. Open 11-8 daily.

Alternative Medicine Group, 10964 Ventura Blvd, Studio City (818) 762-5886 Open 10-8 daily.

The Wellness Earth Energy Dispensary (W.E.E.D.), 12021 1/2 Ventura Blvd (in rear) Studio City 818 980-2266.

Compassionate Care of Studio City

Valley Independent Pharmacy, 19459 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana (818) 345-5477 open 10-7 daily.

Toluca Lake Collective 11436 Hatteras, N. Hollywood (818) 752-8420 Open 10am - 9pm.

C.C.C.N. 4720 Vineland, Toluca Lake (818) 980-MEDS(6337) Open 11-9 daily.

Foothill Awareness Center, 7132 Foothill Blvd, Tujunga 818-352-3388. Open 11-8 daily.

TLMD Collective 12458 Magnolia Blvd., Valley Village/North Hol-lywood (818) 761-9581. Open Mon-Sat 9am-9pm Sun 1pm-9pm.

Valley Village Caregivers, 4843 Laurel Canyon, Valley Village 818-505-1330. Open M-Sa 11am-10pm, Su 12-7.

Strain - Balboa Caregivers, 7207 Balboa Blvd, Van Nuys (818) 908-9900 Open M-Sa 10-9.

Delta-9 Caregivers, 7648 Van Nuys Blvd, Van Nuys (818) 997-1003 Open M-Sa 2-8.

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

California’s Choice, 6722 White Oak Ave, Van Nuys 818-881-1489. Open 11-7 daily.

Safe Harbor Patients Collective, 5953 Hazeltine Ave., Suite B (in back), Van Nuys, (818) 902-0015. Open 11-7 Daily.

The Wilshire Clinic, 6741 Van Nuys Blvd #A, Van Nuys (818) 997-0633. Open 10-8 daily.

Redmoon, Inc, 14350 Oxnard St, Van Nuys (818) 997-6912 Open M-Sa 10-8, Su 10-6.

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

New Age Compassion Care Center, 19720 Ventura Blvd, Wood-land Hills (818) 610-8019. Open Su-Th 12-8, F-Sa 12-10.

Topanga Caregivers, 6457 Topanga Canyon Blvd, Woodland Hills (818) 716-9200.

West Valley Caregivers, 23100 Avenue San Luis #153 Woodland Hills (818) 591-5899.

Our Green Planet Collective, 14624 Victory Blvd. Van Nuys 818-376-8512 Mon-Thurs. 10am to 10pm Fri-Sun 11am to 1am.

Love & Spirit Co-op, 5651 1/2 Cahuenga Blvd. N. Hollywood (818)753-9200 Open Mon-Fri 10AM-9PM Sat-Sun 11AM-8PM

Van Nuys Compassionate Caregivers, 7026 Van Nuys Blvd. Van Nuys 818-660-2646 M-Sa 10 am-7 pm.

Discount Herb and Health, 12431 San Fernando Road Unit E, Sylmar 818-364-5700. Open Mon-Sat 10am - 8PM, Sun 11AM- 6PM.

Foothill Green Collective Inc., 6815 Foothill Blvd. Tujunga (818) 353-7999 Open Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-2pm. [email protected]

Clover Collective, 5658 Sepulveda Blvd. #210 Van Nuys (818) 785-3622 Open daily 10 am-10pm (12am if need be, call ahead).

SC Inc. 10037 Commerce Ave. Tujunga (818) 273-4567. Open Sun-Thu 10-8, Fri/Sat 10-9.

Progressive Options, 14545 Friar St #202 Van Nuys (818) 782-4900 Open daily 11:30am - 9:30pm

A Nature’s Best Organic Solutions, 14545 Friar St. #224, Van Nuys (818) 844-6774. Open 9am-9:30 pm. Delivery service also.

Suite 215 Collective, 16760 Stagg St. #215 Van Nuys (818) 787-5215 Open 10-9 daily

C.A.R.E. Collective (California Association for Remedies and Education) 14530 Archwood St. Van Nuys (818) 387-8467. Open Mon - Sat 10-8, Sun 11-5.

Mother Nature’s Remedy, 17302 Saticoy St. Van Nuys (818) Open Sun-Fri 10-10; Sat 10-5. [email protected]

Holistic Therapeutic Center 12410 Burbank Blvd. Suite 103 Valley Village (818) 980-5999 Open Sun-Thurs 10 - 8, Fri 10-4

Natural Health Supply 505 San Fernando Mission Blvd San Fernando (818) 812-0818 Open daily 11-8 [email protected]

Panorama Providers 13807 Roscoe Blvd Panorama City (818) 895-4820 Open daily 10-9.

Sylmar Holistic Collective 12067 Foothill Blvd. #A Sylmar (818) 896-2600 Open daily 10-8.

Green Moon Healing Center 12737 Glenoaks Blvd Sylmar (818) 367-1397 Open Mon-Sat 9-8, Sun 10-7.

Prime Selection Caregivers Collective 6322 Vesper Ave. Van Nuys (818) 367-1160 Open Mon-Sat 12-9; Sun 12-6

eAST loS AngeleS AReACal Medical Caregivers Assoc., 15838 Halliburton Rd. Hacienda Heights (626) 336-2652 Open 11-7 daily.

Apothecary Collective, 5405 Alhambra Ave, Los Angeles (323) 222-4420. Open 11-8 daily.

420 Grand Caregivers, Inc, 2802 S. Grand Ave, Los Angeles (213) 748-1992.

The Holistic Coop, 2627 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. East Los Angeles (323) 540-6700. Open M-F 11-8, Sa/Su 12-7.

Colorado Collective, 1121 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles (323) 550-8043. Open Su-Th 11:30-8, F-Sa 11:30-9.

Natures Cure Patient Collective, 4577 Valley Blvd, Los Angeles (323)225-1815. Open 11:30-8.

Soto Street Collective, 1260 S. Soto St. #1, Los Angeles (323) 262-8288 Open M-Sa 11-8, Su 11-6.

South Gate Herbal Healing, South Gate (562) 634-1354.

A.M.C.C.P., 193 W. Arrow Highway Pomona (626) 332-0505. Open 11-7 daily.

Downey Wellness Downey ( 562) 726-8752. Phone for informa-tion. Open M-Sa 11-8, Su 11-5.

Natures Remedy South Gate (323) 357-7900. Phone for informa-tion. Open M-Sa 11-8, Su 11-5.

The Holistic Co-op, 2627 East Cesar Chavez East Los Angeles (323) 540-6700 Open Mon-Fri 11-8 Sat-Sun 12-7.

California Caregiver Collective, Downey, South Gate, Paramount, Bell (323) 515-3952. Phone for info. Open Mon-Sat 11-8, Sun 11-5 Delivery service available.

Starlight 420 Center 15640 Leffingwell Rd East Los Angeles (562) 947-8075 Open M-Sat 11-8:00, Sun 11-5:00. Wheelchair accessible.

Santa Fe Compassionate Health Center Santa Fe Springs Call to preverify (562) 941-1111. Open Sun-Thu 10-8, Fri/Sat 10-9. Wheelchair accessible.

AP Natural Solutions 9841 Alburtis Ave. Santa Fe Springs (562) 991-9393 Open M-F 11-9, Sa/Su 12-6.

Herbs “R” Us (HRU) 5331 E. Olympic Blvd. #6 Los Angeles (enter from the rear) (323) 725-0001 Open daily 11-10

M.M.A.C. of Santa Fe Springs 10813 Orr and Day Rd. Santa Fe Springs Open daily 11-7.

long BeAch And SouTh BAy420 Highway Pharmacy, 18710 S. Normandie Ave. #D, Gardena (310) 808-0420. Open 10-8 daily.

South Bay Collective, 1151 W. Pacific Coast Hwy Ste 4-A, Harbor City, (310) 530-1628. Open 11:30 AM to 8:00 PM daily.

Herbal Solutions, 5746 E. 2nd St., Long Beach (562) 434-5075 Open daily 11-8.

Quality Discount Caregivers, 1150 San Antonio Dr, Long Beach (562) 988-8889 Open 10:30-8 daily.

CCLB, 4010 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach (562) 492-6091. Open M- Sa 10-8, Su 12-6.

Herbal Discount Center, 1206 E. Wardlow Rd, Long Beach (562) 997-2929. Open 10:30-8 daily.

Long Beach Organic Caregivers, 851 A Pine Ave, Long Beach (562) 945-2000 Open daily 10-9.

Southern California Herbal Network, 600 S. Pacific Ave. #104, San Pedro (310) 547-4500. Open M-Sa 11-8; Su 11-6.

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. Open M-Th 10-8, F-Sa 10-9, Su 11-6.

Green Cross, 1658 W. Carson St. #B, Torrance (310) 533-9363 Open 10-8 daily.

HHA (Holistic Health and Aromatherapy), 834 E 4th St. Suite E,


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Long Beach Hours 11am-8pm daily. 25% off for first-time visits and 10% off disabled or veteran patients.Natures Top Shelf Medicinals, 1530 E. Wardlow Rd. Suite A, Long Beach 562-989-0000. Open Mon-Sat 11am-7pm.

Long Beach Patients Collective (LBPC), 854 Redondo Ave. Long Beach 562-438-4107. Open Mon-Sun 11:00am-7:00pm.

Compassionate Health Center Long Beach (562) 985-0494 Call for info.

Alternative Herbal Health 3702 E. Anahiem St. Long Beach (562) 597-1199 Open Sun-Thurs 10-8; Fri/Sat 10-9.

215 Collective Long Beach Call for location 562-212-4265. Open M-F 11-7, Sat & Sun 11-4

Alternative Medicine Group, 5543 Atlantic Ave. Long Beach (562) 612-4637. Open daily 9am-8pm.

Green Nurse Collective, Inc. 1532 E. Broadway, Long Beach (714) 507-8270. Open Mon-Sat 12-8.

Sunshine Holistic Care Long Beach (562) 434-5010 call for info Open Mon-Sat 11am-8pm, Sun 11am-6pm. Nonprofit, discount for disabled patients and veterans.

A Soothing Remedy Cooperative 1521 W. Willow St. Long Beach (562) 612-4388 Also Deliveries

Apothecary’s Assistants Collective 2805 E. Pacific Coast High-way Long Beach (562) 597-9780 Open daily 10-7:30.

MarijuanaMarket.com 565 Pier Ave. #915 Hermosa Beach (310) 797-1100 Open daily 9-9.

Long Beach Collective 1734 E. Artesia Blvd. Long Beach (562) 934-2520 [email protected] Open M-Sat 10-7. 30% off with mention of CalNorml on 1st visit.

South Bay Wellness Network, 1127 W. Anaheim St., Wilmington (310) 847-6199. Open daily 11-7.

1 Love Beach Club, 2767 E. Broadway Long Beach (562) 343-5388 Open Mon-Sat 11-8, Sun 12-5

PR Collective 136 S. Gaffey St. San Pedro (310) 832-2420 Open daily 11-8.

One Source Discount Caregivers 5115 Atlantic Ave Suite A Long Beach 562-728-8529 Open Mon-Sat 9am-8pm

oRAnge counTyOrange County Independent Collective 24602 Raymond Way # 206 Lake Forest 949-770-4420. Open M-Sa 11-7; Su 11-3:30.

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

Orange Co Patient Group, 2315 E. 17th St. #4, Santa Ana (714) 547-2525. Open M-F 10-7:45, Sa-Su 11-6:45.

Alternative Medical Caregivers, 13912 Ponderosa St #H, Santa Ana (714) 667-0800 Open 11-7 daily.

Unit-D / Tangent Retail, 11471 Brookhurst St. #D, Garden Grove 714-590-9100. Open M-Sa 11-8; Su 12-6.

Medical Collective of Garden Grove, 13252 Garden Grove Blvd #209 (714) 663-1420 Open M-Sa 11-6:30.

Green Shield of California, (714) 257-9561 N. Orange Co. - Open 12-8 daily.

Dana Point Cooperative, 24662 Del Prado Ave, St. 1A Dana Point (949) 439-8148. Open Mon-Sat 10-7, Sun 11-7.

Northern Lights Church (statewide support group) Laguna Beach (949) 222-4209 northernlightschurch.org or www.thehealingex-change.org

Alternative Primary Caregivers Collective. Call for Pre-verification & Address. South OC. (866) 699-2451 / (949) 458-1371. Open 10-8 daily.

Southern California Caregivers - OC - Please call for address. (949) 243-5638. Hours M-F 10-7, Sa/Su 11-6.

The Modest House Collective (949) 439-2867

South County Alternative San Juan Capistrano 888-737-7765 M-F 11-7, Sa/Su 12-5.

Lake Forest Designated Caregivers, 24602 Raymond Way, Suite 203 Lake Forest 949-836-0417. Mon-Sat 9-8 Sun 10-7

The Point Alternative Care, 34213 S. Pacific Coast Hwy Suite #C, Dana Point (949) 248-5500. Open Mon-Thur 10-7, Fri 10-8, Sat 10-7, Sun 10-6. [email protected]

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

Orange County Caregivers Collective. South OC. Call for Pre-verification & Address. (949) 370-2480. Open 11-8 daily.

San Clemente Co-op, So. OC and No. SD counties Call first for verification (949) 573-8753.

The Variety, 15052 Adams St. Suite A, Midway City (714) 893-1263. Open daily 11 A.M. - 7 P.M.

CAMM Collective OC and surrounding areas (949) 242-9168 call

for preverification and address. [email protected] Open M-S 10-7; Sun 12-6.Southern California Collective (714) 235-0755. 21 & over, wheel-chair accessible. Open M - F 10 to 7, S /S 11 - 6. Call to preverify.

Tranquil Healing Membership Association and Collective Orange County (714) 262-9870 call for verification.

Omega Healthcare Collective Santa Ana/Irvine/Costa Mesa (949) 836-4833 or (714) 862-3713 Call for verification and address. Open M-Sat 10 am to 6 pm

Beach Cities Collective 26841 Calle Hermosa, Suite C Capistrano Beach (949) 481-5046 Open Mon-Sat 10am-7pm

Dana Point Safe Harbor Collective South Orange County Call (949) 488-0114 for preverification and directions. Open Mon-Sat 11-8, Sun 11-7.

S.A.M.C. 1651 East Edinger Suite 104 Santa Ana 714-547-1373 Open daily 11-7.

Suite A - Laguna Health South OC and North SD counties Call for Pre-Verification and address - 21 and Over (949) 249-2570

Lake Forest Community Collective, 24602 Raymond Way, Suite 201, Lake Forest (949) 690-7048 [email protected] Open M-F 11-7, Sat 11-6, Sun 11-5.

The C.A.R.E. Resource Center 14482 Beach Blvd. Suite Z, West-minster (888) 714-MEDS (6337) Open Mon-Sat 10-8, Sun 12-6.

So Cal Compassion Orange County (714) 417-1322 [email protected] Open daily 10-10

Lake Forest Alternative Center, 22471 Aspan St Suite 207 (upstairs), Lake Forest (949) 458-2500, Open Mon-Sat 9:30-7. [email protected]

Lake Forest Patients Collective 24602 Raymond Way Suite 208 Lake Forest (949) 455-9300 Open Mon-Sat 10-9, Sun 10-3

The Healing Center Laguna Hills (949) 981-4351 Call for pre-verification and address Open daily 11-8.

215 Agenda, 24601 Raymond Way Ste 11, Lake Forest Open daily 10-8.

GGECO - God’s Green Earth, 26730 Town Centre Dr. Foothill Ranch 1-888-TO-GGECO Open daily 10-8.

OCOC - Orange Coast Organic Collective Pacific Coast Highway Please call for pre-verification, membership information and hours (949) 612-2848 [email protected]

Go N’ Green 1905 E. 17th St #201 Santa Ana (714) 766-0420 [email protected] Open daily 10-9.

South Coast Patients Center 1202 East 17th St. Suite 200 Santa Ana (714) 547-4800

DMC, Da Ma Collective Westminster Call for directions (562) 253-5865 Open M-Sa 11-8.

Green Leaf Health Care, 15131 Weststate St. Suite B, Westmin-ster (714) 890-0088. Open daily 11-8.

RiveRSide - SAn BeRnARdino - iMpeRiAlPalm Springs Community Caregivers, 333 N. Palm Canyon Dr #118, Palm Springs 760-325-9988.

California Alternative Medicinal Solutions (CAMS), 58967 Busi-ness Center Drive, Ste H, Yucca Valley 800-409-7969. Open Mon-Fri 10–6; Sun & Sat 1pm – 6pm. Medicinal cannabis, Eastern herbs, acupuncture/acupressure, yoga and chiropractic care.

420 Cannabis Cafe & Patient Center Riverside (951) 688-7931 (call first). Open Mon-Fri 12pm-6pm, Sun-12pm-6pm.

C.A.P.S. Collective 4050 Airport Center Dr., Palm Springs (760) 864-8700. Open Sun-Thu 10am to 7pm, Fri 10am to 5pm, closed Sat.

The Compassionate Collective of California, 555 N. Commercial Drive, #5 Palm Springs (760) 325-CCOC [email protected] Open 11am-7pm daily.

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

The Holistic Collective of Palm Springs (THC PS), 2235 N. Palm Canyon Dr. Palm Springs (760) 778-1848 Open daily 11-7.

South Coast Patients Collective Association Open daily 8-7 (760) 770-0600 or (760) 449-8397 Please call for verification and address

SAn diego - iMpeRiAlHope Unlimited Medical Cannabis Support Group San Diego (414) 418-0140 Medical Cannabis Support and Caregiver Referals [email protected]

30th Street Patient Collective San Diego (619) 282-6600 Open Mon - Sat 10am to 7pm.

The Kind Gardeners Collective: Gardening assistance for qualified patients in the San Diego area.

Hillcrest Compassion Care, 1295 University Ave. San Diego (619) 395-6349 Open Mon-Sat 9-10, Sun 12-9.

The Patient Collective - Members Only/Non Profit - For Membership Information call (619) 272-4261Mother Earth Co-op San Diego (619) 794-4618 By ap-pointment only. Tue - Fri 12-7, Sat 12-4.

Canna Collective/Pharmacy San Diego (619) 523-1974

The Organic Nurse, San Diego (800) 419-4810 Free medical marijuana, free doctors recommendations, free home-care nursing visits.

Suite A - Laguna Health South OC and North SD coun-ties Call for Pre-Verification and address - 21 and Over (949) 249-2570

Top Quality Collective 7933 Balboa San Diego (619) 820-9869 Open Sun-Thurs 10am – midnight; Fri/Sat 10 am - 2 am.

North Park Caregivers San Diego (760) 681-4028 Open daily 11-7. By appointment only

Mother Nurture 3390 1/2 30th Street San Diego (619) 715-4245 Open by appointment only Mon-Sat 6 am - 7 pm with emergency deliveries on Sunday.

Answerdam Rx 6601 Convoy Ct. San Diego (619) 634-3178 Open daily 10-7 to registered patients.

West Coast Wellness - Little Italy 2215 Kettner Blvd San Diego (619) 238-3538 Open daily 8am-8pm

Beneficial Care Collective (BCC) 740 Broadway San Diego (619) 702-2110 Open Mon-Sat 11-7

Green Alternative Collective 3590 Fifth Ave. (parking and entrance at rear) San Diego (619) 272-9667 Open 11-7 T-F; 11-4 Sa.

Members Only Collective 3795-A 30th St. San Diego (619) 906-4295 [email protected] Open Mon-Fri 10-10, Sat/Sun 12-9

Pacific Beach Collective 929A Turquoise Ave San Diego (858) 488-4047

Nature’s Rx 3520 Ashford St. Suite E San Diego (858) 495-0420 Open M-Sat. 10-10; Sun 12-6

Green Kross Collective 3415 Mission Blvd. San Diego (858) 412-5944 Open daily 10-10.

West Coast Wellness - College Area Opening June 1 6956 El Cajon Blvd San Diego (619) 465-4217 Open daily 9-9.

Herbal Health Options, 9612 Dale Ave. Suite 2 Spring Valley (619) 463-HERB (4372) Open daily 9-9. [email protected] Opening May 26, 2009.

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Oakland is the most medical marijuana friendly city in California. For some time the cops and collectives have

been at a respectful impasse; Oakland is the only Sanctuary City in California, i.e., there is some form of minimal support provided by the city which allows the collectives to operate without fear of prosecution nor the same odd sanctions and irregular law-enforcement practices that go on further south. Also in the news, in recent weeks it was decided that Oakland’s medical marijuana dispensary owners would pay an extra tax to operate within the sanctuary city. As opposed to the 9.25% they’d been paying, it was bumped up to 10.25%, which, though only one percent, when added up, amounts to many extra tax dollars that can be put back into the treasury.

Regarding this new tax, a supposition could be made that the owners were probably furious, up-in-arms about the raise, however, the reaction from the aforementioned was just the

opposite: they were fine

with it, happy to pay a little higher tax. Indeed, the tax-raise was

unanimously backed by the owners, and why: because they’ll happily pay their taxes -- even higher taxes -- if the city council who represents their better interests legitimately support them.

I mention Oakland because it can be seen as the paradigm of what could be, if lawmakers, police, lawyers and city-councilmen in Los Angeles would follow the city’s lead. Los Angeles could be a sanctuary city; owners here would happily pay more taxes if it yielded the same results it does in Oakland: protection.

Question: why is the Los Angeles city council refusing to follow the same standards: taxation for representation, the basis of our economic model. I have no doubt LA collective owners would be ecstatic to pay a considerably higher tax if it yielded the same results as up North. The tax base in LA is massive, much larger than Oakland. If applied, the revenues generated could have a tremendously positive stimulus effect on the the state’s broken budget.

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“New American policy.” “An end to the raids.” “A stop to the war on medi-cal cannabis.” All these phrases, in the months since president Obama was elected, have proven to be nothing more than political rhetoric. To date, there has been no enforcement of any new Ameri-can Policy--indeed, nothing has changed ... nothing at all.

To date, there has been no stop, nor indication, that an end to the raids is near: since he was elected there have been at least six raids. As for the war on illegal prosecution of innocent shop owner and patients? -- Recently, crystal clean Morro Bay collective owner Robert Lynch has scene no clemency in court, and appears to be facing five years; Eddy Lepp is being sentenced on May 18th with predictably similar results. This shift towards non-clemency (the op-posite of Obama and AG statements) is now being enforced as official policy in California courts-- and why the negative sentencing results, you might ask? Be-cause when a California judge presiding over a Pre-Obama court case asked for a response from the Federal Government as to “how they should proceed with sentencing,” (taking into consideration the Attorney General’s ambiguous policy statements) the Department of Justice head, H. Marshall Jarrett, immediately fired back a memo (See Above) which ef-

“In response to your request, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General reviewed the facts of this case to determine whether the prosecution of Mr. Lynch comports with the Department of Justice’s policies with respect to marijuana prosecutions. Based on the facts of this case, the Office of the Deputy Attorney General concurs with your office that the investigation, prosecution, and conviction of Mr. Lynch are entirely consistent with Department policies as well as public statements made by the Attorney General. Accordingly, you should seek to proceed with the sentencing recommendations which your office has filed with the court.”

fectively sealed the fates of owners and patients in California court.

For a brief summation on how the President and his administration has failed the medical cannabis commu-nity thus far, let me provide you with a timeline of all the events.

To begin, the raids have not stopped, as recent as May 6th and illegal raid was conducted on a club in Pomona, California, resulting in the shutting down of the club, imprisonment and charges being faced by three of the club’s volun-teers. This latest raid is just one, of six, which have taken place since Obama took office (ironically, a raid took place on November 4th, the day of his swearing in). The Pomona incident was the paradigm of local sheriff and DEA breaking the law, and doing flagrantly so-- walking around with their hats backwards, chest puffed out while threatening legal patients with comments like: “Prop 215: We don’t believe in that,” or “Fuck it, I’m old school,” or my favorite to date: “your on our turf.” These comments are not exagger-ated, and they do not represented a street dialogue between two battling gangs, but are the common verbal intimidation tactics employed by DEA agents in California as they

continue the raiding.

Furthermore, the President and the AG’s declaration to not pros-ecute legal patients or clinics, citing over and over: “It would not be a good use of the justice department’s resources at this time,” has become a hollowed out phrase. Whether it would be, or would not; whether President Obama honestly ap-proves, or disapproves of medical marijuana, in reality, makes no dif-ference: regardless of the language he uses, the U.S. Justice Department is still sinking millions of dollars into their futile war on medical mari-juana.

The bedrock truth on the issue is this: Obama and Attorney General Eric Holden do not have time for medical cannabis and their shared rhetoric, though hopeful, contradicts all legal actions taking place in Cali-fornia. Positive rhetoric carefully crafted is simply not enough: Action is the only course our president can take if California patients will ever be truly emancipated. Unfortunately, his current course (status quo) will probably not shift too quickly. When put beside other uphill battles Obama is currently facing: a devas-tated economy, a depleted health care structure, failing education systems, and a war in Iraq, the Cali-

fornia-Collective-conundrum doesn’t really hold enough water to warrant his undivided attention.

Nonetheless, it is a difficult pill to swallow, that was is happening in California today is no different from the conditions pro-marijuana faced under the dreaded Bush Administra-tion. The DEA still sporadically raids, innocent growers and legal shop owners are still going to jail, weed is still a non-topic for the elected President. Until it is, hope.... Is a long ways away.

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