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Letter from the EditorIt’s a brand new year! If we all work together, 2010 could be the biggest year for cannabis advocates and proponents ever!!! In CA, the Tax and Regulate Initiative is headed to the ballot. Not to mention Tom Ammiano’s AB 390, which, if passed would also legalize, tax and regulate Cannabis. The Washington State Legislature is also looking at law very similar to CA’s AB 390. Colorado’s Medical Marijuana indus-try and full legalization efforts are growing by leaps and bounds. Internationally, South America is starting to experiment with decriminalization of all drugs. This is truly an exciting time. As long as we continue to present a unified front, and not give in to divisiveness and petty politics, we can take even bigger steps, and do even more to stop the insanity that is the war on cannabis users.

To help you out, we have a great list of New Year’s Resolutions from Mickey Martin. Also in this issue, we have a fantastic article about Argentina from our favorite no-mad, Dragonfly De la Luz. And Ed Rosenthal has given us great photo spread and story about Dennis Peron’s garden in San Francisco. Thank you very, very much for continuing to support and enjoy West Coast Cannabis Magazine. We couldn’t do it without you. And I would also like to say hello to the state of Colorado. I know you’re technically not on the West Coast, but West is West, and we here at WCC look forward to years of good times and good buds. Rocky Mountain High, indeed.

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9 2010 Cannabis New Year's ResolutionsMickey Martin

Ar-HEMP-tina!Dragonfly de la Luz

Dennis' GardenEd Rosenthal

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1Educate Yourself. Read a book, surf the web, take a

class, or pick the brain of a local expert. Too many people are really passion-ate about the cannabis cause, but have not taken the time to do the home-work. This year, vow to take the time to learn more about cannabis as a plant, as a medicine. Explore can-nabis’ rich history, political happenings, and the evolution of the movement. There are a number of re-ally great books on the market relating to cannabis. Just go to Amazon and keyword “cannabis” and look at the

wealth of infor-mation at your fingertips. Don’t like books? Use Google. There are a growing num-ber of really well-

done sites relating to cannabis that are educational and informative (How about www.westcoastcannabis.com ?—Ed.). There are a number of cannabis network-ing sites where you can participate in discussions with fellow activists and read tons of informative forums on any number of subjects related to cannabis. Cannabis related schools, master growers courses, and produc-tion courses are being offered by more and more organizations. If a class is more your bag, explore the many resources available and sign yourself up to get your learn on. Are you a people person? Develop relationships with people who are more educated than you and ask a bunch of questions. Most collectives have any number of well-trained “experts” who are more than happy to ramble on for hours

about their experiences

in the cannabis industry. Whatever your method of learning is, make the resolution to take the time to explore and absorb all of the information you can so you can be a better informed champion of the cause. There is no excuse to continue to not know what you are talking about. Get educated. Period.

2Attend A Cannabis Event/Rally/Protes. In 2010, do your part and just be present. Hundreds of really fun and

exciting events take place across the country throughout the year. Take a day off, get off your couch, put on your favorite cannabis t-shirt and make your presence known. Whether it is a canna-bis festival, a political rally, or a protest to combat injustice, having a strong showing of support is essential in advancing the cause. Make some signs, get your friends together, pack the van, and get out to events this year. Being an active part of the community involves showing your face and being a living force in the fight for cannabis

rights. Too many of us allow our busy schedules to get in the way of simply show-ing up. Vow to make a change this year and get out to at least one, if not several,

cannabis events and support the cause. If there are

no events in your particular area, start one. Pick a date, find a venue, make some flyers, get the word out, and orga-nize for a brighter future of cannabis freedom. If you build it, they WILL come.

3 Give More to the Cause. The economy

is tough right now. Unemployment is at an all time high and it may be difficult to find the extra resources to give. Do it anyway. Whether it is 500, 50, or even 5 bucks you can give to the cause this year, do it. Groups like Americans for Safe Ac-cess, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Marijuana Policy project, and NORML are in desperate need of funding to con-tinue the fight for cannabis rights. Buy medicine that is five dollars cheaper and give the difference to the cause.

It may not seem like a lot, but if the hundreds of thousands of cannabis enthusiasts all gave a little, our power to fund this fight would be immense. If you really have no cash, then you probably have time. Volunteer to move the cause forward. Contact or-ganizations, attend city council meet-

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ings in your area, distribute literature, make phone calls, or help with mailings. There are a number of worthy proj-ects that need your time more than your money so contact a local advocacy group, your lo-cal collective, or organizations committed to policy reform to see what you can do to be a part of the solution. Time, money, or both. This year, do more.

4Change One Person’s Mind. Everyone knows

a cannabis skeptic. No longer accept this person’s hyperbole and rhetoric. Change their mind. Find their issues and learn how to counter those is-sues with solid and factual information. You may be surprised at how easy it is to educate a skeptic and make them a believer, or at the

very least, less of a skeptic. It is our duty to ensure that the misinformation surrounding cannabis be stopped. If we all found one naysayer to adopt and used knowledge and reason to change their hearts and minds, we would begin to beat down the doors of resis-tance and begin changing the world one skeptic at a time.

5Write A Letter to a Public Official. A pen, a

paper, a stamp, and about a half hour of your time is all you need. Whether it is a lo-cal city councilperson, a state legislator, your congressper-son, a senator, or

President Barack Obama himself, take the

time to write that letter this year. Often we put off this responsibility thinking someone else will do it or that our voice does not make a difference. Every voice makes a difference. If we all took the time to write one well-thought and informative letter letting public officials know that we refuse to be treated like crim-inals and that we want their support for cannabis rights, it would make a huge differ-ence. The squeaky wheel gets the oil and all too often op-position groups are willing to take the necessary steps and write letters. We must make our voice heard. Write one letter or a hundred letters this year. Either way your public officials want to hear from

YOU. Imagine the power of hundreds of thousands of letters supporting cannabis

reform arriving on the desks of politicians all across the country. The impact would be immeasurable and the folks who count on our votes to keep

their job would be forced to take notice and do the right thing.

6Call A Congressperson. There are a number of

really important issues on the table in 2010, including H.R. 3939 The Truth in Trials Act, Barney Frank’s HR2835 The Medical Marijuana Patient Protection Act, H.R. 2943 Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults Act, and Senator Jim Webb’s Prison Reform Bill. Congresspersons


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live in an alternate universe where the reason for every-thing they do is because they were pressured one way or another to do so. Let’s make 2010 the year that the pres-sure came from our side of the argument for once. Too often, these politicians are swayed by the fear that they will be seen as soft on crime or supportive of drug use if they vote for even the most reasonable reform issues. We need to let these folks know that there are millions of Americans who support their efforts and that we believe they should put the reality of a failed drug war, valid scientific research, and human rights and compassion above the fear of political games-manship. It is our duty to let them know we stand with them and that we will be there on election day to ensure that they can continue to support common sense and reason in their efforts. Pick up the phone and make the call.

7Support a Policy/Ad-vocacy Group. By now

everyone should realize the importance of the work being done by cannabis policy and advocacy groups to advance the cause of cannabis free-doms. Groups like ASA, MPP, NORML, and SSDP have drastically helped shape the landscape of cannabis reform. We owe it to them to do our part to support their efforts and make their 2010 more successful than any year in history. The time is right, as the conversation of cannabis reform is seemingly every-where. These groups continue

to fight the good fight and lead the charge. We must give them the support they need to push this thing over the hump. Join an organization, attend meetings, volunteer your time, start a chapter, enlist your network of associ-ates, go to events and lend a hand to these great groups

that continue to fight for your right to use cannabis. Make a difference this year and sup-port their efforts like never before.

2010 can be a year of great change, but it will take all of our efforts to make it happen, so get out and support your local policy and advocacy group. They need you now more than ever.

8Send an Inspirational Letter to A Political

Prisoner. Many activists and compassionate produc-ers are currently in custody for providing cannabis. This tragedy in unjust and im-moral. Let these folks know that we strongly support them and await their return to the community. Take the time to write a quick letter letting them know that they are not criminals and that their sacri-fice to the cause has not gone unnoticed. As these political prisoners sit in custody await-ing justice, it is important to let them know they are still in our hearts and minds. It is a shame that anybody is in jail for can-nabis, period. An inspirational letter can do a lot to brighten the often-dreary days of a prisoner. Americans for Safe Access has a great informa-tive page on who to write and how to write them in their “Community” section of their

website. Medical Marijuana of America also has a vast list of “POWs” and an email option to write prisoners, as well. Take a minute to let these folks know they are not forgotten. They have given up a lot to help advance the issue of can-nabis freedoms and we must let them know we appreciate their efforts.

9Grow A Plant or Two. There is always room for

more good cannabis in the world. Do your part to grow a little plant or two this year. Not only will you have some affordable medicine that you can proudly say you grew yourself, but you will better understand the process that goes into the production of fine cannabis medicines. It is easy for us to be critical of cannabis producers, but until you know firsthand the blood, sweat, and tears it takes to bring a plant to harvest, you

may never under-stand what people go through to provide you with cannabis. Under-standing

this process and watching a cannabis plant grow into maturity is an experience that ALL cannabis enthusiasts should experience at least once. You may find that this magical transforma-tion is inspiring and your experiment may blossom into a hobby or even a career. Either way, it is important to understand the life cycle of the plant to better respect its beauty. Whether in a closet, in

a backyard, on your balcony, or in a collective garden, get your hands dirty this year and experience the growth pro-cess of the plant we all love so much.

10Roll A Better Joint. Too often folks either

refuse to roll a joint because they do not know how, or roll a bad joint because they have not taken the time to perfect the art. Do us all a favor. Go buy a pack of papers and sit down and learn to roll a better joint. If you need to roll it over and over until you get it right, that is okay. People will appreciate the effort. Nothing is worse that someone who took the time to roll a joint

and ended up with an un-smokeable, pregnant, running joint that is more frustrating than pleasurable. This is an avoidable tragedy. Perfect the art of the roll. It is a learnable skill that every good cannabis enthusiast should have in his or her toolbox. You never know when the situation will arise when your only option is a rolling paper and some cannabis. Be prepared. Your friends will thank you. Plus, the one who rolls the joint will always be allowed to smoke it, and that just makes sense. So do us all a favor. Take some time this year and learn to roll a better joint. The world will be a better place because you did.

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This year I visited several gar-dens in upstate California. One gar-den was composed of raised beds 8 feet in diameter filled with a mix-ture of landscape mix invigorated and enriched with worm castings, compost and conditions including ground oyster shell, alfalfa meal and turkey litter. The plants grew 10-12 feet tall and about 8 feet across.

Then I visited a garden with smaller plants. They were about 4 feet across and about 8 feet tall. This garden’s soil was also enriched. The buds were a little small because they had been amputating fan leaves

from the plants all summer, elimi-nating their sugar factories and slowing growth.

But my favorite garden, al-though not the most efficient or productive, was located in San Francisco at Dennis Peron’s house.

Even if you don’t recognize his name, you and every marijuana user in North America owes him a debt of gratitude. I’m getting ahead of myself so I’ll start at the beginning.

Dennis Peron disembarked in 1969 from a troop carrier arriving

DENNIS' GARDENEd Rosenthal


in San Francisco from Vietnam. He decided to stay. He found housing, opened his duffel bag and started dealing using the kilo of South East Asian marijuana contained therein.

He chose San Francisco because of the freedom he found there. While gays were widely discriminated against all over the country, San Francis-co had (and still has) a large gay population that has had a profound effect on attitudes, politics and culture.

Within few years he opened a café, The Island, downstairs from his marijuana supermarket. The Island had a cozy atmosphere and marijuana use was policy. In 1973 I signed the contract for my first book, Marijuana Growers Guide, on the premises.

In 1978 Dennis wrote Prop W, and gathered signatures to get it on the ballot. 56% of the voters agreed, “We the people of San Francisco demand the chief of police and the district attorney stop the arrest and prosecu-tion of people for possessing, transferring or growing marijuana.”

Harvey Milk started his political career collecting signatures for the initiative. He would continue as a San Francisco Supervisor (City Councilman). He was shot dead by another Supervisor who was a right-wing, anti-gay zealot.

In 1993, Dennis’ life partner, Jonathan West, died of AIDS. Den-nis had experienced the relief that marijuana had provided Jonathan as the virus ravaged his body. It helped with the nausea and anorexia

Dennis in his garden.

Plants are mostly in small containers that are easily moved to their in-door shelter each evening. They are placed at all different levels so all the sunlight is captured.

The bottom of this container was cut off so the roots could stretch out into the 14-gallon tray seen above.

During the day plants come out of the closet to catch the rays. They are basking on a specially built shelf.

Dennis examines some of the plants recently forced to flower.


and the pain in his joints and nerves.After seeing how much marijuana had helped his dying lover, he

opened the first medical dispensary, The Cannabis Buyers Club. It was located on Church Street in the heart of the Castro District, the most ostentatiously gay area of the City. Dennis knew he was taking a risk but the establishment was an immediate success and within a few months over 5,000 medical patients had joined the club. Dennis was literally considered an angel providing respite and comfort to the sick and needy.

Not only did the Buyers Club provide patients with marijuana, it also served as a community center and as a living room for many of the patients who lived in SROs (Single Resident Hotels) and lost their jobs and often their friends when they became ill.

Another area of the deck holds a group of mostly Purple Kush plants in 3 to 5 gallon containers.

Purple Kush plant in later stage of flower (top).Close-up of Purple Kush flower.


Tom Ammiano, then on the San Francisco Board of Education, cut the ribbon at the opening of Dennis’ club. Ammiano, now a California Assembly Member, recently introduced a bill to legalize and tax can-nabis in the state of California.

In 1996 Dennis co-authored Prop 215, California’s Medical Mari-juana Initiative that for the first time allowed patients with doctors’ recommendations to possess and grow marijuana.

The Cannabis Buyers Club was eventually closed by the California Attorney General, another ultra-right wing politician. However, the dam had broken: dozens of new medical dispensaries sprung up to serve the patients. Now there are over 1000 dispensaries in California.

Dennis never reopened his dispensary. He is more of a social worker and social innovator and just didn’t have the ambition to be a merchant. He still lives in the Castro District of San Francisco in the house that he purchased decades ago. He has converted it to an oasis of greenery, comfort and hospitality.

The medical marijuana industry in California owes a debt of eternal gratitude to Dennis, who saw the unfairness of making sick people suf-fer when there was medicine to relieve the suffering. You would think that Dennis would depend on the largess of medical dispensaries and growers for his medicine, but that isn’t the case.

Dennis has always been a big supporter of homegrown, and of let-ting patients grow their own. He grows his own.

With so many people growing in San Francisco and all over Cali-fornia, clones are readily available. You can buy them at a dispensary and friends and neighbors trade them or give them away. There is a wide selection of varieties available so the garden includes many popular varieties.

Dennis starts his clones in rockwool in a small room to the side of the house. Once they get large enough, he transplants them into containers that range in size from about 1-½ gallons to five gallons.

He likes to grow in containers that can be moved around so he can manipulate their flowering cycle by moving them into darkness, and also because they are easy to move into sunny areas of the deck. The sun’s angle, and thus the sunny areas, change with the season and the time of day.

When I visited recently, the plants were basking in the early after-noon sun. One group was on a specially constructed shelf along the deck fence and another group was sitting on a table on a sunny deck.

Each evening the plants are placed in a small room or in an outdoor shelter covered with plastic to protect against both stray light and the cold night air of San Francisco, which can drop from a daytime tem-perature in the high 70’s down into the low 50’s or even 40’s at night.

Clients socializing at the old Club.

View from the dining room looking out on the deck.

Wall mural around a doorway; hanging mobile in the living room.

The Club was so popular it moved to larger quarters. Current CA Assem-bly Member Tom Ammiano speaks at the opening.

(From top): Patients at the medicine counter, 1994.Medicine menu, 1994. Edibles and tinctures were available.

All the plants are forced to flower when they are small so that they remain under two feet tall and very manageable. The fertilizer and soil brands vary because friends often donate material.

San Francisco is cool during the summer because the cold air from the sea meets the warm inland air there, creating fog. The winds change around Labor Day so the sun can penetrate. September is the warmest month of the year in the City with warm, clear weather. The cool summer weather delays growth and maturity so varieties take a 20-30% longer to grow and mature here.

The cool weather does have its advantages. There are few prob-lems with insects. The plants don’t suffer from container burn and their water needs are much lower than plants growing in hot condi-tions. These mild conditions make it much less likely to suffer envi-ronmental damage.

At the time, Dennis’ plants were in all stages of growth, from close to harvest to clones growing into young plants, attributable to San Francisco’s mild climate. Throughout the year the daytime tem-perature rarely dips below 40 degrees and even in winter the tem-perature can rise into the mid 70’s. So plants can be grown all year round, especially in this situation, where plants get sunlight during the day and protection from the cold air at night.

Now that it is past September 22, the plants start flowering imme-diately unless they are given supplemental light to break up the long dark period. Then, once they are tall enough they are moved outside to flower under the long regimen of uninterrupted darkness.

Dennis’ garden is not only full of healthy plants; it is rich with historical meaning and a small reflection of Dennis’ significance in the fight to end marijuana prohibition.


Last year, Cannabis Culture reported that Argentina's Supreme Court was

on the verge of handing down a decision that would decriminalize small amounts of all drugs for personal use. It seemed too good to be true, but President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner—the first woman president in the history of the country—had expressed on numerous occasions her intention to experiment with decriminalization. And after five young men arrested for possession of small amounts of marijuana argued that their imprisonment was anti-constitutional, the high court decided in their favor, citing article 19 of the Argentine Constitution which, similar to our constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness, states: "The private actions of men which in no way offend public order or morality, nor injure a third party, are only reserved to God and are exempted from the authority of judges."

It was a victory that, although it wouldn't actually change the law, laid the groundwork

for higher courts to make the same decision. Then on August 25, the Supreme Court followed suit and handed down a ruling that declared: "Each adult is free to make lifestyle

decisions without the intervention of the state," leading the way for Congress to amend current drug laws. Although other Latin American countries, like Mexico, Venezuela, Uruguay, and Colombia, have already decriminalized marijuana, only Argentina has decriminalized all drugs for personal use.

In the Spring of 2009, I went on assignment in Argentina to report on the progress of decriminalization. I spent six weeks with major players in the movement to overgrow the government, promoting the Global Marijuana March, and feeling the buzz

of a new day dawning. I found that Argentina is teeming with growers and is home to a fledgling but thriving ganja culture. There are thousands of growers in every major city in

the country. Argentina has its own cannabis culture magazine, called THC. Doctors are allowed to prescribe marijuana (though this occurrence is exceedingly rare), and people with terminal illnesses are allowed to smoke marijuana at home. Argentina even has its own cannabis cup—make that

two cannabis cups. Growers here are well informed and stand in solidarity with the pro-marijuana movement on the U.S. West Coast. Furthermore, nearly 8,000 people showed up for the 2009 Global Marijuana March in Buenos Aires, a figure that far exceeds Vancouver's estimated 5,000-person turnout. With the decriminalization of all drugs for personal consumption, a climate conducive to a three-season outdoor grow year in some places, and polls showing a record-high 60% acceptance rate of recreational marijuana use, Argentina is poised to become the Amsterdam

AR-HEMP-TINA!by dragonfly de la luz

"Each adult is free to make lifestyle decisions without the

intervention of the state"

Pulpot, the first head shop in Buenes Aires.


of South America. Welcome to Ar-HEMP-tina!

As soon as I landed in Buenos Aires, I felt that the city was abuzz. I was greeted by Pulpa, my host, who is the owner of Pulpot, the capital's first head shop/grow shop. We hadn´t even made it to his car before someone recognized him and called out, "Ché! (Argentina's word for "dude") I´m ready to harvest, ché!" Harvest? Of course I knew that our spring was South America's autumn…but it never occurred to me that I would arrive just in time for harvest season!

Pulpa is a ganja guerrero. Sporting a ska aesthetic and tattoos of Alex Grey's artwork, he wears his hair long and plays guitar. Pulpa is an extremely talented grower whose world-class weed, Jack Flash, snagged him third place in 2008 in Argentina’s most popular cannabis cup. Not only was he my date to a Radiohead concert, but he also took me to underground clubs very reminiscent of some of the scenes I frequent in San Francisco, complete with partiers who looked ready for Burning Man and hippies anyone could confuse for Haight-Ashbury’s own! A creative pot activist, Pulpa is known for having spray-painted pot-leaf stencils on hundreds of traffic lights in Buenos Aires, so that when the lights turned green, they literally gave a green light to weed. He donned a mask and brought a TV news crew along for the ride like some sort of ganja superhero, and his antics made the news all over the city and beyond for days after. At the grand opening of his grow shop he gave away countless ganja brownies and cookies, and invited all to indulge with the store's bongs and vaporizers.

Argentina has “mucha chala”—translation: “a lot of weed.” Most of the ganja available here is pure sativa, but compressed — including stems, seeds, and all—brought in from neighboring Paraguay, the biggest pot producer in South America. Although its origins are beautiful plantations

of towering plants, by the time it reaches Argentina, it is hard, dry, and brown in color, more reminiscent of dirt than ganja. The effect is similar to that of Mexican brick

weed that permeates much of the U.S.: it might get you high, but it also may leave you drained, hungry, tired, and with a headache. Nevertheless, the seeds that are commonly found in compressed herb from Paraguay can still become beautiful, bountiful plants that yield sweet and juicy buds. Many Argentinean

growers take Paraguayan seeds and grow gardens of dank, pure sativa plants whose appearance rivals some of the top-quality bud commonly found on North America's West

Coast. And thousands of growers use high-quality imported seeds to produce super kind buds, replacing the pot smuggled in from Paraguay and mitigating the negative effects of

the illegal drug trade.Not only is there superior weed available

in Argentina, there are plenty of people smoking it. Conservative estimates suggest that 7% of Argentineans smoke marijuana, while other polls suggest that as much as 10% of the population indulges. In the three major

cities of Argentina—Buenos Aires, Cordoba, and Rosario — 19.6% of the population admits to lighting up. Even though when I visited the law had not yet changed, people overwhelmingly said they felt comfortable smoking pretty much anywhere, with caution. At clubs, partiers go to the back of the establishment to smoke joints inside, without fear of retribution. We smoked on the street and on riverbanks, at concerts and in parks, at patio bars and outside theaters, taking the usual precautions. It was as common to light up and pass one here as it is in many parts of the west coast of North America. And, surprisingly, in six weeks of smoking out super phat every day, I came across compressed Paraguayo only a handful of times. This is no third-world country where the weed you find is simply whatever managed to get smuggled in. There are cannabis connoisseurs here.

Argentina’s grower community is a unique and cohesive one. They stay connected via online forums like cannabiscafe.net, and host social gatherings to share their harvest and grow tips. Unlike most marijuana production in North America, growers here tend to grow strictly for personal use. I met no one

Only Argentina has decriminalized all drugs for personal use.

Mike Bifari and Dragonfly smell the harvest.


who sold marijuana. Growers grow their own and share their harvest with family and friends. Occasionally, growers host dinners for all, turning the evening into a "potluck" in the truest sense of the word! Just a few of the strains I sampled in this South American ganja paradise: Jack Flash, Haze, Blueberry from DJ Short, Grape God from God Seed Collection, White Widow, Blue Widow, Cinderella 99, Blue Cheese, Powerplant, Cali Mist, and a Satori/Cali Mist hybrid.

HISTORYArgentina is the second-largest

country in South America and one of the wealthiest countries in Latin America. It lays claim to the widest avenue in the world and draws comparisons to European cities like Paris. Many modern-day Argentineans emigrated from Europe for the same reason that other Europeans immigrated to the U.S. — to flee the horrors of World War II. Brothers would split up, one choosing New York, the other choosing Buenos Aires. In some ways, Argentineans

are our cousins. But in spite of its modern conveniences and cosmopolitan flair, Argentina is still considered a developing nation—with a twisted past.

The day I arrived, March 24, was more than just the day of the Radiohead show of my dreams. It was the 33rd anniversary of the military coup that led to the brutal dictatorship that scarred the nation's history. For roughly seven years, the military controlled the government, and anyone who spoke out against them, or even looked like they might (that's us, hippies), was tortured and killed. Radio stations were not allowed to play music in English. Under this oppressive regime, seeing Radiohead in Buenos Aires, or any band that sung in English for that matter, would have been but a fantasy. In what became known as the “Dirty War,” the dictatorship, led primarily by Jorge Rafael Videla, kidnapped people who dared to express an opposing opinion right off the street and murdered them—after brutally torturing them. The dictatorship admitted to tactics like heavily sedating the kidnapped (who were said to have "disappeared"), then dropping them from planes to the river and their death. Sometimes for being part of dissenting

political parties. Sometimes for expressing their opinions in university classrooms. Sometimes for having long hair and beards. And some reports suggest that simply smoking weed was enough for the military dictatorship to suddenly "disappear" you. 30,000 people were murdered this way, from 1976 - 1983. The fact that in only two decades Argentina has its first woman president, there is a 60% social acceptance rate of recreational pot use, and now all drugs for personal consumption have been decriminalized, is a transformation absolutely unprecedented.

EL FALDEOIn the months before my trip,

I had been in touch with one of Argentina's most outspoken pot activists, Mike Bifari, an Argentinean raised in California. Bifari has been on the front lines of the decriminalization movement since 2003, when he returned to Argentina from three years of living in Amsterdam. We met in the small town he lives in called Capilla del Monte. Famous for its free-thinking hippies, strange lights in the sky, and even actual ET sightings, Capilla is Argentina's version of California's Mt. Shasta, or British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. There is a mystic mountain at its center that is rumored to be home to a subterranean tribe of intergalactic elves. The mountain has crystals in it, and the dirt roads are dotted with sparkling crystals like stars that fell to Earth.

Bifari lives in El Faldeo, the most progressive neighborhood of Capilla, which is famous for two things: resisting government interference and growing some of the best weed in Argentina. It operates somewhat like a free autonomous zone. Residents have weekly meetings and refuse to appoint a leader, even though the broader local government demands that they do so. When local officials came to them with a proposal to install sidewalks in the neighborhood, the residents refused, saying they would not allow the grass to be destroyed for a sidewalk they don't want anyway. They put up similar resistance to a government plan to install streetlights. Welcome to Capilla del Monte

Hippies play a modified version of the Andean flute that they made themselves in Capilla del Monte.


vessel with a silver metallic straw and passed around to everyone in turn. Each person sips the maté until she has had her fill, and then returns it to the person packing the maté, who refills it and offers it to someone else. Smoking ganja is the perfect accompaniment to this ritual.)

"How did you come to live in Argentina?" I asked.

"Peyote," he said plainly. "I ate peyote—excessively for 7 years." He also cited the oppressive atmosphere of the Bush regime and how it restricted him from having the type of relationship with marijuana that he longed to have. In Argentina, he said, he’s been growing in relative peace for more than a year. "In the States, I never got to have that relationship with the plant." He sees similarities among the U.S. and Argentina in the way that corporations seek to control the land and the people, but he sees stark differences in the way the people respond. "They wanted to build mines here, and I was like, 'I thought I escaped Bush and all this!' But the people here are organized. They stopped three attempts to build silver mines here, and now it's illegal in the entire province." This sense that the will of the people will be respected helps fortify growers' tenacity. The government may set its own rules, but the people exercise their obligation to usurp them when necessary.

In addition to El Faldeo, some more of Argentina's weed capitals include Villa Maria, Villa Nueva, San Marcos, and Bariloche, a snowboarder's paradise

"We don't need lights here; we have the moon," said Bifari. "We don't want to disturb the wildlife, and we don't want to lose the stars. We are defending the dark skies." When I was there, I used my cell phone to light my way, and I saw lots of shooting stars...

The residents of El Faldeo are mostly artisans who make art in the form of jewelry, musical instruments, and clothing to sell at local fairs. In a country world-renowned for its beef, El Faldeo is surprisingly resplendent with vegetarians and healthy lifestyles. Seemingly everyone here lights up. And, by appearances, everyone here grows. From the converted school bus that now functions as a split-level home headed by a beautiful hippie

chick chocolatier, to the lovely mud house built by hand by a former New Orleans resident who now grows here in peace, every place we visited boasted its own plants.

On our stroll through the neighborhood, I was introduced to a wise old herbalist, the woman who started the first ayahuasca church in Argentina, and a house full of hippies from all over South America and places as far-flung as France and Puerto Rico. They make indigenous flutes and drums — I noticed someone playing the Beastie Boys' "Sureshot" on Andean flute — and tend to a garden that grows tomatoes, peppers, sunflowers, beans, lettuce, carrots, peaches, pumpkins, corn, spinach, garbanzos, and basil, in

addition to copious amounts of marijuana. When we stopped in for an afternoon toke, they mentioned having been pulled over on their way home from a recent musical performance. They said that the police found a small amount of marijuana in their vehicle and reportedly wanted cash. But these kids were humble hippies; they didn't have any cash. They offered the cops what they had: some songs and some pastries in exchange for their freedom. And it worked!

I also met a U.S. ex-pat who now makes his home in El Faldeo. I spoke to him over maté and homegrown, in the comfortable mud house he built himself. (Maté is a hot, mildly-caffeinated drink traditional to Argentina that is served in a

Jack Flash grows toward the sacred mushroom in a Buenos Aires backyard.

Maté, freshly cured bud, coca leaves and a che guevara pipe signal the start of a nice afternoon


reminiscent of the Swiss Alps, toward the country's famed Patagonia region. But ganja culture permeates mainstream cities, as well. I caught up with Mike Bifari again in the third-largest city, Rosario, where Ché Guevara was a medical student. We did a radio interview together, promoting his vaporizers and the upcoming Global Marijuana March. Later we spoke on stage during a concert for a famous reggae band, Resistencia Suburbana, where I encouraged the audience — in Spanish, stoned! — to bring their kindest buds to the march the next day so we could roll “un porro gigante” for 4:20. Afterwards, I ran away with the band and toured around with them on a couple dates before returning to Buenos Aires. But not before being introduced to still more Rosario activists in the decriminalization movement.

I spent time with the owner of Rosario's first head shop, and met with a university faculty member who developed and administered a research survey of health workers in Argentina. His findings indicated that health workers are woefully uninformed about the medicinal uses of marijuana, and now he works diligently to bring awareness to this demographic. He showed me his garden, thriving with immense plants, some born of seeds from compressed Paraguayan sativa plants. I toked with his psychologist mother one morning after breakfast. It is so common for tokers to light up with their parents in Argentina that THC magazine dedicated an entire issue on the subject (“Cannabis en Familia,” no. 14, year 3). Also in Rosario, I was introduced to "el Bestia" (the Beast), the first-place winner of Argentina's 2008's largest cannabis cup and a passionate Marc Emery supporter. He had all three of Ed Rosenthal's "Big Book of Buds" editions (in Spanish), and he and his girlfriend both sported "No Extradition for the BC 3" T-shirts!

COGOLLOS ARGENTINOSEverywhere I went, there was a palpable

sense that Argentina was on the verge of a new day dawning. The activists I met were pioneers, laying the groundwork for the normalization of marijuana. "Cogollos Argentinos (translated as "Argentinian Buds’)," the country's first medical marijuana organization, is one such front-line group.

Started in 2001 by Edith "La Negra" Moreno, a spunky woman diagnosed with cancer and AIDS who has used marijuana medicinally for 15 years, Cogollos seeks to liberate marijuana for uses beyond medicinal, and educate the masses on the benefits of the plant and unjust anti-marijuana laws. The organization is comprised of a small group of activists who met on the cannabis cafe forum.

Cogollos petitions the government to sponsor studies on medical marijuana, a much

more attainable goal with the news of decriminalization. They also host an annual parade, which consists of a weekend retreat in one of the province of Cordoba's countless beautiful locales. They respond to many inquiries throughout the day, usually from people seeking advice on when to cut down plants, where to buy seeds, and clarification on the law. The outspoken group reports they have never been harassed by police.

La Negra, who is one of the few Argentineans prescribed marijuana by a doctor, is on a daily regimen of drugs in an effort to cure her cancer. She says that marijuana relaxes her stomach muscles, otherwise sore from vomiting caused by prescription medication. She lives with her elderly mother in Cordoba, Argentina's second-largest city, where she is a well-known figure fighting to raise awareness about the benefits of medicinal marijuana. When I asked what her mom thought of her pot use, La Negra said, "She has no problem with it, because it's not a crime!" This reflects the opinion of much of the Argentinean population. The people overwhelmingly saw no problem with marijuana consumption; they were only waiting for the government to follow suit. In fact,

La Negra’s mother herself enjoys the occasional hit off the vaporizer.

La Negra showed me her massive plants, and recounted stories of theft scares and some surprising

police intervention. She said that when she thought her house was being broken into around harvest season a few years back, she called the police immediately. When they arrived, she didn't expect them to take a look at her deck, where her plants were. When they did, she panicked and fled from the house. (Unlike medicinal marijuana in California, a person using prescribed marijuana in Argentina can still be arrested. A prescription simply means she can use that as grounds to have her case dismissed; it does not prevent the filing of charges and a possible court case.) After running several blocks, the police caught up with her. Their words left her speechless. "We looked around, but we didn't find

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anything unusual," they said. "Give us a call should you have any other problems." They made no mention of the plants they had found on her property.

Over the course of my visit, I heard of a surprising number of similar run-ins with police. Growers here are not careless, but there is a shared sense that even the authorities don't really think marijuana use is "wrong." Statistically speaking, growers even in pre-decriminalization days could expect an arrest to culminate only in a loss of time and money—not freedom—with cultivation cases being resolved fairly quickly and leniently.

DON'T SMOKE THE LEAVES!The burgeoning population of cannasseurs

notwithstanding, the ganja community is barely out of its infancy stage. While Argentina as a country has certainly come a long way, the reality is that many people have had such little

exposure to cannabis culture that they don't even know how to smoke it. Unbelievably, some people grow their own plants... and only smoke the leaves! How’s that for culture shock? This strange phenomenon inspired the slogan for a recent cannabis cup in Argentina: "Don't Smoke the Leaves!"

It is worth noting that in spite of the illegality of marijuana, Argentina has hosted cannabis cups every year for the past 8 years. “La Copa Caba” is in its 2nd year, and the more popular competition of the two, "La Copa Cannabica del Plata," featured more than 80 strains this year (Amsterdam's last cup featured 30), and allowed the judges a full month to evaluate each strain, indicating that it is not merely a toke-fest, but a thoughtful competition. This year's winner was NYCD, with First Mention going to Destroyer and Second mention going to Super Skunk.

The notion of 420 was also foreign to even the most passionate pot-smokers I

encountered. I spent April 20, one of my favorite Holidaze, in Buenos Aires, taking it upon myself to initiate my new friends in the 420 tradition. At Pulpot, we boldly took a massive bong right out onto the sidewalk in defiance of the law and celebration of the day and smoked joints on the street. Even though no one knew that 4/20 is the other day I celebrate my birthday, I was gifted with freshly-harvested buds that day, a bud grinder, chocolate-flavored rolling papers with my name on them, and ganja chocolate. I turned the chocolate into “haute chocolate” for myself and the cute Argentinian boy I'd met on a pyramid in Guatemala during my search for the best marijuana in Central America (Stoned in Central America, CC Issue #72), and reunited with just days before amid never-ending smiles…

Argentina just made good drugs even better with the added benefit of decriminalization. Time will tell what impact

Pulpa, owner of Pulpot, ponders images from psychedelia over maté and a doobie.


decriminalization will have on neighboring countries, but one thing is certain: The second-largest country on the continent has spoken, and the world is listening.

"I never thought I would be running a head shop," Pulpa confided with a chuckle. I asked what his parents thought of his chosen profession, and he laughed off his father's reaction — “I spent $1,000 a month on your

education, and you become a ganja man?”But the decision to decriminalize

gives legitimacy to businesses like Pulpot and revivifies the movement toward the normalization of marijuana. Boasting the most liberal drug laws on the continent, Argentina is on the verge of becoming the Amsterdam of South America. Although activists are reluctant to rest on this victory,

emphasizing that the struggle continues, the tide has undeniably turned, and growing is ever on the rise. As Bifari concluded even before Argentina decriminalized, "There are thousands of us. No one can stop us now."

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Many growers opt for feminized seeds thinking that less selection and space is required to find a female plant worth keeping. However, I feel the seed indus-try is partly to blame for the widespread

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The male plant is very important in breeding; many traits like pest resis-tance, fungus resistance and even po-tency are passed on through the male of the species.

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are notorious for containing high ratios of her-maphrodites—to an inexperienced grower these can wreak havoc among your sensimil-lia crop.

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There are many talented breeders who not only care about their product but test their varieties extensively to assure quality. Most are smaller breeders who cater to the medical community.

You would be surprised how many veteran growers have problems getting seeds started. A common mistake is using a heat mat and cooking the seeds. Cannabis is a weed and as long as the seeds are viable it is hard to prevent them from germinating. I have had pot seeds germinate, in my youth, under the floor mat of a car; and recently some seeds I deemed not viable germinated under my BBQ grill—in gravel in the cold winter! When I see people soaking or treating the seeds in god-knows-what products, I just shake my head.

All that a seed needs to germinate is moisture and a temperature range between 50-90°. Warmer temperatures tend to produce more male plants; if you will germinate your seeds between 70-80° you will get a better ratio of females.

Many growers still use the tried and true method of soaking seeds in a paper towel. I much pre-fer “Rapid Rooters,” a product made up from composted organic materials bonded together with plant-derived polymers. These plugs are manufactured using a scientifically controlled process that yields large populations of benefi-cial microbes in the media. Once we used them to clone about three years ago, I knew I would never do it any other way.

I flip the cone-shaped rooting plugs upside down so they have more stability. They are made to fit into sectional trays but that is just added cost, I try and keep things simple and low frills. Wash hands well with a disinfecting soap, this will re-move any oils or contaminants. Make a small hole with a poker and place the seed point side up into the plug about ½” into the rooter.

Place the plugs into a domed container and place under florescent lights. I like to use plastic shoe/storage boxes stacked on top of each other. There low cost and easy to find at any depart-ment store. Not everyone has access to a fancy grow shop. Keeping the cubes from drying out is key. It's best not to drown them but as long as they don’t dry completely out I have always had

This is the proper area to top a seedling

Seedlings and clones growing up in a small area


great success using this method.

Once the seeds sprout I transplant them into one-gallon pots filled with good quality potting soil such as Roots or Biobiz Light or even Scotts seed staritng mix. (Some other mixes do not work well for seedlings because they can contain root aphids, so be careful.) Do not feed seedlings.

Once plants have established a good set of roots I simply transplant into the final container.

Once the seedlings mature and have five sets of leaves, you can top the plant and force it to branch out and have multiple heads. This cut-ting can be rooted and once sex is established and quality determined, this clone will be a duplicate copy of the mother plant. I do not top my seedlings as I prefer the tall single cola when testing, as the plants take up less space. I started five Pine Queen seeds last year and found two males and three females. Clones were taken of the three females and the plants were grown to maturity. One of the females was a stunning resinous plant with an amazing taste and high along with heavy resin production; it went on to become one of my top five favorite smokes ever — and it was discovered among five non-feminized seeds.

We got similar results from starting five seeds with strains such as Third Dimension and Qleaner (featured on the September cover of West Coast Cannabis), and we also found our treasured Space Queen male plant in starting just 10 seeds.

So, don’t be so quick to take the easy way out. With passion and hard work you can find many elite cuttings in non-feminized seeds. The keeper plant will be more stable, easier to grow and specially selected for your needs, not some watered down genetic copy. Instead you will enjoy the best genetics created by hard work and passion.

Remember every elite famous cutting that we drool over was started from a seed that was carefully preserved by a grower, and then passed on for all of us to enjoy.

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Even Better, you’ll save more money with the new Bigger Yields Flowering System when you buy the all new 5 in 1 Sensi Bloom or Grow-Micro-Bloom base nutrients along with the Hobbyist Bigger Yields BundleTM. Because it’s, exactly the same as getting 9 products for the price of 4, Sensi Bloom or Grow-Micro-Bloom base nutrients now contains and combines at a higher level the award winning products H-2, F-1, Wet Betty and a special blend of Amino Acids when you buy the Hobbyist Bigger Yields Bundle which contains Big Bud, Voodoo Juice, B-52 and Overdrive, you’ll also get the Overdrive for Free.

Actually we do mean it when we say award winning products and breakthrough technologies. Let me explain, and these are absolute facts, we’re not trying to brag or anything like that (well ok...maybe just a little), and because you’re probably not aware of these facts, and of course they’re important ones when you’re buying the Bigger Yields Flowering System. Advanced Nutrients has won every major growing

competition in the world, no other nutrient company has even come close to our continuing string of victories. Advanced Nutrients is the hydroponics industry’s

“technologies leader” responsible to date for 31 technological breakthroughs and patents that has elevated the science of hydroponics for the entire industry and made your growing easier and more profi table, including the fi ve new pioneering technologies employed now in the Bigger Yields Flowering System.

Anyway, back to what I was saying, here’s the deal. At the Expert Grower Level you get Final Phase for Free. The Professional Grower Level gives you SensiZym for free and at the Grand Master Grower Level you’ll receive your Rhino Skin absolutely free.

So go right now and ask the store owner or one of the staff to show you the Bigger Yields Flowering System and remember to ask for your Bigger Yields Bundle. As you have clearly discovered getting bigger yields and bigger savings has never been so easy. Enjoy.

big bucks running the McDonald’s system. Because the entire well being of your business has been thought out and everything your business needs is taken care of for you. All you do is follow the system and harvest your big piles of cash.

Ever wondered why so many savvy people spend millions of dollars to buy a McDonald’s franchise?

I realize you’re probably saying to yourself right now, what the heck does this have to do with me getting bigger yields? Just hang with me for a few moments and I will explain it all.

It’s because the McDonald’s system is powerful, consistent, simple and so comprehensively effective that owning a McDonald’s franchise is literally a license to print your own money.

And that’s not all, even fi rst-time business owners make

for Your Biggest Yields

Your Plants to Their

Let me be a bit more specifi c... the Bigger Yields Flowering System has a proprietary technology called pH-PPM Perfect that automatically puts your nutrient solutions pH and PPM into the “sweet spot” for optimum growth and fl owering, and it’s built into every growing level of the Bigger Yields Flowering System eliminating you having to fool with pesky pH meters and PPM calculations.

Here’s how easy it is: if the water you use to mix your nutrients has a pH between 4.5 and 8.5 pH (and that’s pretty much everyone’s water) then you’ll never have to balance your pH or for that matter ever add a single drop of pH up or down to your reservoir.

What does all this have to do with you? The Bigger Yields Flowering System provides a rock solid complete, consistent and comprehensive system that automatically takes care of your entire plant for you at every stage of growth, from its roots to the very top of your fl owers and everything in between.

Stop and imagine what it would mean to you to walk into your garden and see the kind of crops you’ve always known were possible and always dreamed of.

Big fat juicy harvests with towering buds, so sweet and succulent that when other growers see pictures of your crop they say “damn what the heck did you do” and when your friends and customers look at your fi nished product and take those long intoxicating smells... they’ll have that look on their face, which says it all.

Advanced Nutrients US:1625 Heritage Street, Suite 104Woodland WA, 98674 USA

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Have you had enough of all those mind numbing complicated feed charts, schedules, pH-PPM pens, meters, different feed

rates and all kinds of other hard to fi gure out gadgets? It’s messy. It’s time-consuming. It’s virtually impossible to fi gure out, let alone get it right. Plus, all those bottles of calibration solutions, pH-up, pH-down chemicals and the tiny holes they burn into your shirts and pants.

You’ve been frustrated asking: “Hey, will somebody just give me a fast, easy and simple to use bigger yield getting nutrient fl owering system?”

Advanced Nutrients listened to you. The answer is yes. You’ll fi nd out how in just a minute.

But fi rst a little about the charts, schedules and programs. Heck we invented the things to begin with, and since then all the other nutrient companies have got in line and followed like a shadow with their own feed charts and take on things. This whole nutrient thing has gotten out of hand, and a whole lot more complicated. We never intended for it to get this way. We had created an industry wide monster and had to make things right... because there had to be an easier way.

Now You Have the NutrientFlowering System You Asked For

When we decided to create the world’s easiest to use and most powerful fl owering system, it was important that we get it right. So we interviewed hundreds of growers worldwide, just like you, to fi nd out exactly what you wanted from your hydroponics nutrients.

And guess what? It was back to work we went. We gathered up the team of 12 scientists with their army of research assistants and “worked our butts off” over the next 33 months, reworking everything from the ground up and made it purpose-built to give you a continuously bigger yield producing punch than ever before, streamlining your workload. That’s why you’ll certainly appreciate the Bigger Yields Flowering System. It takes all the guesswork out of you getting the biggest yields, no matter what level of gardener you are.

Think about it, a Flowering System that will give you…

Tired of pH Pens and Complicated Feed Charts? Amazing Breakthrough “Brain-Dead-Simple” FloweringSystem Uses New pH and PPM Technologies So You Can Throw Away Your Pens and Meters Forever!

Here’s how the Bigger Yields System will continually deliver your dream harvests…

Amped-Up Base Nutrients, Special Supplements and the Simplest Bigger Yields Flowering

System Ever Devised!You told us you wanted to spend even less time and fuss in your

garden while getting still bigger harvest rewards. So we developed the System to have a bold and broader range of nutrient availability than you’ll ever fi nd with any other company’s nutrients.

How did we do it? The Bigger Yields Flowering System nutrients are coated with multiple sources of unique and powerful compounds, causing your Macro and Micro nutrients to become powerful microscopic magnets attracted to your plant’s roots.

These coatings give your nutrients tremendous fl exibility to work at an extremely wide pH range. Opening up your plants cellular fl oodgates to rapidly inhale everything you feed them so they steadily make larger and fatter fl owers to give you branch-bending-bounties.

Imagine Never Again Having to Check and Adjust pH

And how about never again having to remember complicated measuring and application data?

Well, we heard you. All the base nutrients have been standardized at 4 ml per liter, so mixing and use is ridiculously easy.

Now get this, all the supplements have been standardized as well. You only need to mix 2 ml per liter. In fact it’s this way for all the supplements used in all four of the growing levels: Hobbyist, Expert, Professional and Grand Master with each level “stacking” on top of each other, then you choose your base nutrients, and away you go, that’s how the Bigger Yields Flowering System works. Incredibly simple, isn’t it?

Who Advanced Nutrients Is NOT ForOur nutrients are certainly not for everyone…only growers who want

to see a difference and take their gardens to the next level, growers who want to really increase the quality of their product and get bigger yields. Advanced Nutrients is not the right fi t for those people who...

From Hamburger Millionaires to Bigger-Harvest Hydroponics… How You Can Use the Time-Proven-Power of a “System” and Get Your Bigger

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Are Looking for Cheap Nutrients and Could Care less What Goes Into Them – Advanced Nutrients cost more because you get more: High quality and bigger yields, but in order for us to give you that it cost us a lot of money. We use premium ingredients and run a full blown research staff of 12 PhD’s, full tech support and a 100% guarantee on all products. Don’t Take Pride in Their Crop – If they don’t care about

the quality, appearance or outcome of their harvest. They can look elsewhere. Because everything Advanced Nutrients does is all about our pride in carefully crafting products for growers that do just that: Create off-the-chart quality, pristine appearance and bigger yields. Don’t Have Compassion For Their Fellow Man – If they’re

not willing to give a helping hand to people who are in need of their assistance or expertise. Then listen up: Advanced Nutrients gives all the time. We’ve donated hundreds of thousands of dollars in nutrients and equipment over the years. Obviously giving is the right thing to do.

No Dinosaurs Allowed:Unleash Your Plant’s True Genetic Potential

and Get 9 Products for the Price of 4It’s now really easy for you to realize the fact that your grower

friends are stuck in the “old hard way,” formulas and charts that, well... qualify as dinosaurs. Not you though because you’ll be using new state-of-the-art fl owering technologies and fi ve brand new hydroponics industry breakthroughs that like a world class athlete, will push your plants to their true genetic potential.

Even Better, you’ll save more money with the new Bigger Yields Flowering System when you buy the all new 5 in 1 Sensi Bloom or Grow-Micro-Bloom base nutrients along with the Hobbyist Bigger Yields BundleTM. Because it’s, exactly the same as getting 9 products for the price of 4, Sensi Bloom or Grow-Micro-Bloom base nutrients now contains and combines at a higher level the award winning products H-2, F-1, Wet Betty and a special blend of Amino Acids when you buy the Hobbyist Bigger Yields Bundle which contains Big Bud, Voodoo Juice, B-52 and Overdrive, you’ll also get the Overdrive for Free.

Actually we do mean it when we say award winning products and breakthrough technologies. Let me explain, and these are absolute facts, we’re not trying to brag or anything like that (well ok...maybe just a little), and because you’re probably not aware of these facts, and of course they’re important ones when you’re buying the Bigger Yields Flowering System. Advanced Nutrients has won every major growing

competition in the world, no other nutrient company has even come close to our continuing string of victories. Advanced Nutrients is the hydroponics industry’s

“technologies leader” responsible to date for 31 technological breakthroughs and patents that has elevated the science of hydroponics for the entire industry and made your growing easier and more profi table, including the fi ve new pioneering technologies employed now in the Bigger Yields Flowering System.

Anyway, back to what I was saying, here’s the deal. At the Expert Grower Level you get Final Phase for Free. The Professional Grower Level gives you SensiZym for free and at the Grand Master Grower Level you’ll receive your Rhino Skin absolutely free.

So go right now and ask the store owner or one of the staff to show you the Bigger Yields Flowering System and remember to ask for your Bigger Yields Bundle. As you have clearly discovered getting bigger yields and bigger savings has never been so easy. Enjoy.

big bucks running the McDonald’s system. Because the entire well being of your business has been thought out and everything your business needs is taken care of for you. All you do is follow the system and harvest your big piles of cash.

Ever wondered why so many savvy people spend millions of dollars to buy a McDonald’s franchise?

I realize you’re probably saying to yourself right now, what the heck does this have to do with me getting bigger yields? Just hang with me for a few moments and I will explain it all.

It’s because the McDonald’s system is powerful, consistent, simple and so comprehensively effective that owning a McDonald’s franchise is literally a license to print your own money.

And that’s not all, even fi rst-time business owners make

for Your Biggest Yields

Your Plants to Their

Let me be a bit more specifi c... the Bigger Yields Flowering System has a proprietary technology called pH-PPM Perfect that automatically puts your nutrient solutions pH and PPM into the “sweet spot” for optimum growth and fl owering, and it’s built into every growing level of the Bigger Yields Flowering System eliminating you having to fool with pesky pH meters and PPM calculations.

Here’s how easy it is: if the water you use to mix your nutrients has a pH between 4.5 and 8.5 pH (and that’s pretty much everyone’s water) then you’ll never have to balance your pH or for that matter ever add a single drop of pH up or down to your reservoir.

What does all this have to do with you? The Bigger Yields Flowering System provides a rock solid complete, consistent and comprehensive system that automatically takes care of your entire plant for you at every stage of growth, from its roots to the very top of your fl owers and everything in between.

Stop and imagine what it would mean to you to walk into your garden and see the kind of crops you’ve always known were possible and always dreamed of.

Big fat juicy harvests with towering buds, so sweet and succulent that when other growers see pictures of your crop they say “damn what the heck did you do” and when your friends and customers look at your fi nished product and take those long intoxicating smells... they’ll have that look on their face, which says it all.

Advanced Nutrients US:1625 Heritage Street, Suite 104Woodland WA, 98674 USA

Advanced Nutrients Canada:#109-31063 Wheel AvenueAbbotsford, BC Canada V2T 6H1

To watch pH-PPM Perfect technology in action go to: www.advancednutrients.com/ph-ppmperfect

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ASA Chapter MeetingsAmerican’s for Safe Access has chapters all over the country

that meet independently of one another. To locate a chapter in your area and join visit: www.americansforsafeaccess.org and click the community link for local resources.

Medical Cannabis Safety Council MeetingsEvery 3rd Tuesday of the Month at Oaksterdam University

Student Union, 1915 Broadway, Oakland CA.

Tax Cannabis 2010 Volunteer and Staff MeetingsThe campaign to legalize cannabis for adult use is underway

and meetings on how to be involved are being held in Oakland, Los Angeles, and many other areas of the state. To learn more on where to get involved in your neck of the woods visit: www.taxcannabis2010.org and click on volunteer or contribute.

California Cannabis InitiativeThis all volunteer effort has begun and they need a lot of

help to achieve their goals of getting signatures gathered with and all volunteer force. To get involved visit: www.california-cannabisinitiative.org and click on sign up.

Oaksterdam UniversityGet educated on the many facets of the cannabis industry.

Classes are ongoing with campuses in Oakland, Los Angeles, and Sebastapol. To find out about enrollment visit: www.oak-sterdamuniversity.com and click on enroll.

Marijuana is Safer Book AppearancesThe three co-authors of the book Marijuana Is Safer: So

Why Are We Driving People to Drink? are making appearances to promote their book and educate people on the safety of can-nabis. More about their schedule and the book can be found at: www.facebook.com/MarijuanaisSafer.

Students for Sensible Drug Policy's International ConferenceSSDP is the largest gathering of students and youth from

around the world who are working to end the failed War on Drugs. This year's conference will take place in San Francisco, a city at the forefront of sensible drug policies. On March 12-14th, hundreds of students will convene at the beautiful Fort Mason Center, which boasts stunning views of the Golden Gate Bridge and other historic landmarks. As attendees gaze across the bay at Alcatraz, the infamous island prison that once housed pro-hibition-era gangster Al Capone, they will learn about modern day drug prohibition and its effects on our society. Not only will SSDP members, alumni, and supporters hear from prominent leaders and experts in the drug policy reform movement, they will also participate in workshops to hone their advocacy skills,

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I n California’s medical marijuana community, Kush is Cannabis King. And now the most successful Kush

growers are using a Kush-specific bloom booster to satisfy patient demand for premium-grown Kush medicine.

“I get incredible prices for my Kush,” explains David R., a grandmaster Humboldt County medical marijuana cultivator who only grows Kush. “I am getting more from my grow room using this Kush booster that makes more harvest weight and medicinal potency.”

To understand how this Kush-specific flower enhancer produces bigger buds, recall that major varieties of medical marijuana produce different medicinal effects by creating unique ratios and types of active compounds.

These valuable compounds include THC, cannabidiol, aromatics, terpenoids, essential oils and resins that individually and together have a wide range of therapeutic effects.

So how does the Kush bloom booster work? By feeding the specific Kush metabolic pathways and processes that produce larger, more potent Kush buds.

What Makes Your Kush Tick &

How Can You Give Your Harvest Value a Kick?

Hydroponics experts at Advanced Nutrients saw that Kush is a must-have for the medical community, so company co-founder Michael “Big Mike” Straumietis asked his team of plant scientists to immediately find what makes Kush tick and what fires up its flower-making machinery.

First the scientists gathered a vast array of seeds and clones of the most popular Kush sub-varieties and grew them in test labs.

Every day they took plant tissue samples to discover

how nutrient inputs and other supplementation affects Kush yield, potency, taste and aroma.

The good news is that Advanced scientists learned the precise combinations of phosphorus, potassium, amino acids, co-factors, metabolic triggers and other substances that feed Kush exactly what it needs so it far exceeds its genetic potential.

Using Kushie Kush, you get gooey, glistening, resin-dripping, weighty, tight, dense, sticky Kush buds.

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One thing to notice is that while Kush growers have spent many years and dollars using other bloom products, never before has anyone given Kush cultivators a bloom booster that specifically pumps more value, yield and potency into their beloved Kush buds.

And you bet you’ll feel your medical problems very

quickly recede when you’ve inhaled your tasty bowl of custom-fed Kush medicine.

Please take a moment right enjoy the fact that feeding Kushie Kush to your crops heralds an unprecedented new era in crop supplements with you wielding grandmaster control over the most intimate, flower-stoking mechanisms your Kush plants have deep inside them.

Better yet, you’re guaranteed at least 17.73% increase in bud weight, you’ll be glad you use Kushie Kush to unleash your kush plants full genetic potential.

Please note that Kushie Kush is a medical cannabis specific formula only available to medical marijuana dispensaries. If your dispensary doesn’t carry it, please ask them to contact Advanced Nutrients and get some for you right away.

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The International Cannabis & Hemp Expo 2010On April 17 & 18 at The Cow Palace in Daly City the first annu-

al International Cannabis and Hemp Expo will kick off. Its mission is to offer a forum for awareness, education and advancement of the hemp industry and medical cannabis community. Showing the world, through our dedication to the reform of current policy and perception, that we are part of the future global solution. On sight medicating areas will be available to qualified patients. The expo will be split into cannabis related areas and industrial hemp interests. Tickets are $15 for one day; $24 for both. For more info visit: www.intche.org" www.intche.org.

THC Expo-Los AngelesOn April 23rd at 4:20 pm the second THC Expo will kick off at

the Los Angeles Convention Center (1201 S. Fiqueroa, LA) and it will go through Saturday April 24th and Sunday April 25th. THC Expo is a compilation of many companies servicing the canna-bis community. THC Expo is a business to consumer trade show open to the public. THC Expo is a great place for educational pur-poses in the Cannabis industry. Tickets are $10 per day available at the event.

Activist of the Month: Mason TvertMason Tvert is executive director and co-founder of Safer

(Safer Alternative For Enjoyable Recreation), founded in 2005 and the SAFER Voter Education Fund in 2006, a national mari-juana policy reform organization based in Denver, Colorado. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the SAFER orga-nization, including strategic planning, media relations, lobbying, fundraising, and other assorted mayhem

Mr. Tvert is often featured in national, local and college media to speak about the safety of marijuana compared to alcohol and the unjust and immoral policies that drive our culture to be “pro-alcohol”. Mason has advocated for the cause on Fox News Chan-nel, MSNBC, Air America Radio, NPR and BBC Radio, the New York Times, USA Today, the Washington Times, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Rolling Stone, and more. His writing has appeared in many publications, including the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, High Times and Cannabis Culture, and he is co-author of the book reviewed in this issue, Marijuana is SAFER: So why are we driving people to drink?

Mason is a down-to-earth and sensible activist who has dared to ask a simple question about out society’s viewpoints on cannabis. His work continues to press the issue and change the minds of the conditioned masses by simply posing reason-able thought to this often-passionate subject. Congratulations, Mason. You are the West Coast Cannabis Activist of the Month for December. Keep on fighting for the very SAFE plant that we all love so much.

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long BeACh PD RAiDs ColleCtives AnD ResiDenCes foR “oveR-the CounteR sAles”On Thursday, December 17th, police served search warrants at several locations in Long Beach and Orange County for what is being referred to as “illegal sales of drugs.” Officers were working in conjunction with the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office, which has recently interpreted the law to not allow for sales of cannabis of any kind. The collectives raided were Natural Health Collective in Long beach and Unit D in Garden Grove, as well as the residences of several people involved with the organizations.

Police and prosecutors have given little information about the enforcement actions. Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley’s office confirmed they were working with Long Beach PD on the operations, but refused to disclose details. "Because of the ongoing status of the investigation we can't say anything else at this time," said spokesperson Jane Robinson.

Chris Glew, an attorney representing Natural Health on 4th and Elm in long Beach believes these enforcement operations are misguided. “These guys are the Mother Theresa of collectives,” Glew said. “The district attorney and the police department appear to be operating under the theory that everything is illegal, they seem to interpret any collective or dispensary is operating against the voter's initiative."

It is unclear as to if this is an isolated incident or if this is the beginning of a larger crackdown on collectives based on a narrow interpretation of the laws relating to medical cannabis collectives and cooperatives. Officials stated that more information was to come in the following weeks.

lA City CounCil inChes toWARDs MeDiCAl CAnnABis oRDinAnCeThe Los Angeles City Council continues to explore ways to make sense of their proposed cannabis ordinance. While most councilpersons believe there needs to be clear limitations imposed, some of the proposed limitations would leave p atients with very little access and force collectives into the far reaches of the city due to zoning

issues. This has forced the council to rethink their sensitive use restrictions and consider lowering the proximity to residences from 1000 feet to a much lower distance with reasonable buffers. Other issues of concern have been the allowing of retail sales, capping the number of collectives allowed to operate, and regulating their operations.

On December 19th, the LA Planning and Land Use Department presented maps showing the allowed areas for collectives to operate at different levels of restrictive zoning. What it showed was that at 1000 feet from residences would essentially place a de facto ban on collectives, leaving them with very few areas of allowed operation. There was a map presented that showed that even if a 500 ft buffer zone were enacted that only 5 of the proposed 137 approved collectives would be allowed to operate. This was troubling to many council members, who chose to delay any vote until January 13th allowing them more time to make informed considerations of the ramifications of the ordinance.

Councilman Bill Rosendahl, stated he did not want to see marijuana sales return to the back alleys. "This is a medicinal herb that should be treated with the same respect as we do drug stores," Rosendahl said. "The idea of putting this back in the alleys of the streets is wrong. I will vote no, no, no every time we put more restrictions on these uses."

Council President Eric Garcetti expressed concern, as well. "I don't think we want to see mega-dispensaries in just some parts of the city," Garcetti said. "I also don't think we want to see people who are sick have to drive miles to get medicine they need."

Councilman Ed Reyes, who chairs the committee developing the ordinance, said he was still absorbing the numbers in order to better frame the discussion. “We are going to try and find a sweet spot,” he said. Much of this reconsideration has come after Americans for Safe Access and other organizations declared they would seek litigation on the city if their ordinance banned sales and created unfair business practices for collectives operating within the bounds of state law.

ColoRADo DePARtMent of PuBliC heAth looks to RegulAte DoCtoRs

A report issued by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's Board of Health shows that 15 doctors have issued 73% of the states medical cannabis recommendations, causing them to question the validity of the physician-patient relationships. They are calling for legislators to craft medical cannabis bills that define a bona fide physician-patient relationship, ensure physicians recommending cannabis is in good standing with all regulatory boards (including the DEA), and prohibiting financial gain from caregivers and dispensaries.

On average, the 805 physicians with the lowest number of medical marijuana authorizations have approved just over five patients per doctor, while the 15 physicians with the most authorizations for medical marijuana have approved an average of 760 patients per doctor. These dramatic differences raise concerns about the medical care being provided to these patients.

"These figures are representative of the concerns we have about whether some physicians really have a bona fide physician-patient relationship, as required in the Constitution, with those for whom they are authorizing the use of marijuana," said Chief Medical Officer Ned Calonge. "Working with the Governor's office, we have crafted statutory language changes that would, among other things, clarify what constitutes a bona fide physician-patient relationship."

There are an estimated 30,000 patients currently registered in Colorado. The ongoing attempt to regulate the industry has proven difficult for the Board of Health, as they face opposition for the community and have had Judges question their reasoning on trying to limit patient access in the state.

JuRy ACquits sAn Diego DisPensing ColleCtive DiReCtoR, Cite “vAgue” lAWsA San Diego jury has acquitted 31-year-old Jovan Jackson, Director of Answerdam Alternative Care Collective, on charges of possessing and selling cannabis for a profit. Jackson was the first operator to go to trail stemming from the September raid of 14 dispensing collectives that resulted

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in 31 arrests. He cried when hearing the jury read the not-guilty verdict in a San Diego courtroom on December 1st. The jury told the press that the laws regarding the sales of cannabis medicines were vague leading them to find the defendant not guilty. Jackson was convicted of possession of Ecstasy and Xanax.

"I was very thankful," Jackson said outside court. "This has been a long road. It hasn't been easy. I felt like a lot of weight was on my shoulders.” Jackson is an 8-year veteran of the Navy and will most likely receive probation for his other violations, prosecutors said.

"On a personal level, if you're going to hold somebody to a law, you have to define that law," said juror Perry Wright.

Jovan’s defense attorney, K. Lance Rodgers, exploited the undercover investigation for obtaining a medical recommendation under false pretenses, with a fake name. He differentiated his client’s personal charges of illicit drug possession from the operations of the collective. "This is about Answerdam. This is not about Mr. Jackson," he told the jury. It is unclear how this verdict will affect the prosecution of others providers charged in the September raids.

CongRess lifts BAn on MeDiCAl CAnnABis in WAshington D.C.Both the United States Senate and House of Representatives has voted to lift the ban against a medical marijuana initiative passed by the voters of Washington, D.C. in 1998. The Senate voted on the 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which was absent a typical provision, coined the "Barr amendment," after then-Congressman Bob Barr (R-GA) successfully blocked implementation of Initiative 59, the "Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998." Barr not only blocked implementation of the law after it was clear the initiative had passed, he also sealed the vote count. It was revealed months later that 69% of the voters had approved the initiative.

"By restoring Washington, D.C.'s medical marijuana law," said Caren Woodson, Government Affairs Director with Americans for Safe Access (ASA). "Congress has recognized the importance of medical marijuana as a public health issue," continued Woodson. "Washington, D.C. is not just the next city to adopt a medical marijuana law, this issue is now in the backyard of federal legislators and far more difficult to ignore." The appropriations bill now goes to the President's desk for his expected signature.

As a formality, before the law can go into effect, the Council of the District of Columbia

will need to transmit the original 1998 initiative to Congress for a 30-day review period. The law will take effect at the conclusion of this review, and the local government will then be charged with creating regulations to govern the implementation of the initiative. With a population of less than 600,000 people and an area of just under 70 square miles, Washington, D.C. will be the smallest place to adopt a medical marijuana law.

Underscoring the public health aspect of today's Senate vote, the appropriations bill also lifted a ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs. As catalysts for adoption of both medical marijuana and syringe exchange programs, people living with HIV/AIDS possibly stand the most to gain by the lifting of these bans. Studies have shown that as many as 1/3 of people living with HIV/AIDS use medical marijuana to treat both the symptoms of the disease and the side effects from the drugs. Studies have also shown that syringe exchange programs can reduce HIV transmission by at least 1/3 and reduce risk behavior by as much as 80%.

CoMPAssion MeDiCinAl eDiBles oPeRAtoR to enteR CoRReCtionAl fACility foR one yeAR. JuDge Refuses to MoDify sentenCe Due to “CleAR AnD unAMBiguous” ClAuse in neW feDeRAl PoliCyMickey Martin will enter Cornell Corrections in San Francisco in early January to begin serving a sentence of one-year after already serving a year on home confinement for his role in providing food-based medicines to patients in California. Martin had requested

his being housed in a correctional facility to be modified to allow him to serve the remainder of his sentence on home confinement, allowing him to stay home with his wife and two children. After months of deliberations and consideration over the new policy issued by the Department of Justice, the judge denied his request based on a statement in the new policy stating a provider must be operating in “clear and unambiguous” compliance with state laws. Because California’s medical cannabis laws are so vague it is impossible for Martin or any other provider to meet these expectations at this time. Martin noted that even Attorney General Jerry Brown’s Medical Cannabis Guidelines were not issued until August of 2008, almost a year after he was raided and even then his organization was in compliance.

“It is a sad day for patients and providers, since this decision shows that the new federal policy literally means nothing,” said Martin. “As long as the state fails to define clearly and unambiguously how providers and patients need to operate to be in compliance, all providers are still in harm’s way. This is not a punishment to me. It is a punishment to my wife and young children who will be forced to live without their father and be financially devastated, as a result.” Martin is organizing the Ring in the New Year Rally on January 4th that will call for federal, state, and local governments to get on the same page in 2010 and rectify the injustices created by their failure to act. Donations can be made to the Martin Family at www.freetainted.com.


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The dispensaries here have many varieties of clones. How-ever, many of them aren’t available as seeds, just as clones. Why is this and why don’t breeders self them?

Let’s say a person germinates some seeds of a particular va-

riety and one plant has novel qualities that make it stand out from the rest. It is an exceptional plant. As a result, the gardener decides to discard all the other plants s/he germinated, or at least not continue their lines, in favor of this single plant. Each clone that is made is genetically, virtually identical. It will have the same responses as its clone mother to the environment, and when the buds ripen, they will be almost identical to its clone mother’s.

Now let’s say we want to propa-gate the plant through seeds. We cannot obtain a genetic duplicate. Let’s say we cross it times itself (“self” it). When the chromosomes line up during mitosis, they mix and match into an infinite number of combina-tions. Some will be very similar to their selfed mother. These plants can be selfed again. Usu-ally after a line is inbred like this for six generations, using the same criteria for selecting in all the generations, the selection is considered a consistent strain. Cannabis presents a particular

problem for breeders because unlike all other true annuals that I know of, it is “dioecious” (it has a male and female plant) rather than monoecious (producing the male and female components, the stamen and pistils, on the same plant). Only by using stress can a female plant be induced to produce pollen. The choice of pollen may be inadvertently selecting for traits, particularly regarding sexuality. Generations of female plants selected in part for their ability to produce male pollen, or to produce copious amounts of it, are more likely to result in hermaphrodites than plants resistant to pollen pro-duction. Generally, female seed should be used for bud produc-tion, not for breeding.

Rather than self-crossing you may choose to use males as part of the breeding program. That presents problems, too. You can grow the females out and see their characteristics, but with the males it’s much more difficult. How do you determine whether the plant has genetics for giant, sticky, potent buds? You have to surmise their potential from tid-bits of information and intuition. Now remember you are trying to match that clone. You are breed-ing with one hand behind your back. In six generations you are going to try to match and stabi-lize the plant. It’s a task.

The breeding program will prog-ress most rapidly if the chosen male is close to the chosen female genetically. If it isn’t, the goal is

even more difficult and distant. It takes six or seven months to grow a plant to ripe buds from seeds. (See “Seed Germination” below) Six generations of breed-ing adds up to about three years. Will the whole series be passé in the ever-evolving world of mari-juana seed marketing?

Another consideration is that the temperaments of propaga-tors and seed breeders are quite different. It’s one thing to germi-nate seeds and choose the best plants, cutting some tops and rooting them creates clones. That’s simple as compared with the work of an inspired, talent-ed and conscientious breeder. Choosing plants in a long-term breeding program requires fore-thought, vision, intuition and luck. Orchid breeders wait five to seven years to see the results of a cross. Some trees don’t bear fruit for many years. My advice to prospective breeders:

1) Start young and develop pa-tience.

2) Make sure to store all genera-tions of seeds you developed or used to develop your seeds in at least two secure and environ-mentally friendly places. Even better, store them in two differ-ent cities among people who are not mutual acquaintances.

3) Make sure that your clones are in several different gardens. Don’t get into arguments with the clone holders until after you retrieve the genetics.

The reasons that dispensaries

are more likely to sell clones than seeds is that clones are of-ten less expensive than seeds, especially considering the male plants are destroyed and the greater chance for success and consistent quality with clones.

Would it be possible to use fiber optic cable to bring sunlight in-doors? I was thinking of a 12-inch diameter bundle of fiber optic cable coupled to a lens shaped to catch the light of the sun. It would be a cool way to light a garden. The initial cost might be high, but it would minimize electric use and cre-ate little heat.

Bringing the sunlight indoors is a good idea. As you said, it cuts down on use of electricity and eliminates the heat generated by electric lamp units. However, installing fiber optic cable is an expensive way to do it.

There are commercially available light tunnels that are used to transport sunlight from the roof to lower floors. These consist of a collector at roof level and highly polished tubing that guides the light down to radiators where it is emitted. Commercially available kits for residences have tubing as wide as two feet in diameter. The collectors on all of the models that I’ve seen could be improved to collect more light from a larger area, which would increase the brightness or intensity.

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The easiest and most inexpensive way to use sunlight indoors is to use it on the space directly below the roof. Then skylights or solar collectors can be used to intro-duce the light to the room and reflective material can be used to guide it down to the garden area.

Although I haven’t seen them marketed yet, a well-designed skylight or solar tube should track the sun so it is able to capture the light as the sun’s angle changes daily and seasonally. The amount of light that will come through a skylight or solar tubing depends on many factors including the weather, cloud cover and lati-tude. Even on the brightest days, high latitudes do not receive the intensity of light that low latitude areas receive.

To grow using no electrical light indoors, just light emitted by the tubes or solar collectors, use one 2-foot diameter tube per plant and place it directly over the con-tainer so the light doesn’t stray. In southern areas where the light is intense all year long, the tubes

can be used to flower plants year-round as long as the plants receive an uninterrupted dark period of 12 hours per day.

In the north, plants can be start-ed in May and forced to flower anytime between June and late August. The buds will be ready about eight weeks after forcing. If the buds are forced in early July and harvested at the end of August, a second crop can be planted. The plants will grow vegetatively for a short time and then will start to flower.

Sunroofs or solar tubes can also be used to supplement the light from high-pressure sodium lamps. The additional light will result in faster growth and larg-er buds.

I’m growing a single plant in a closet using a 175-watt metal halide lamp. The lamp itself has a glass cover that says UV shield. I’ve read that the more

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UV radiation a plant gets the more THC it produces. Should I remove the cover from the lamp? Should I use a germi-cidal lamp?

No. The lamp emits UV-A and UV-B light, which increases the potency of the bud, but it also emits UV-C light, which is fatal to life forms. Do not mess with the lamp. If you wish to increase the amount of UV light the plants receive, use tanning lamps or fluorescent lamps designed for maintaining reptiles.

The tanning lamps emit copious quantities of UV-B light, which promotes tanning and the rep-tile lights emit an enhanced quantity of UV-B light to main-tain reptile health.

Germicidal lamps should not be used to illuminate gardens be-cause they emit large quantities of germicidal - but carcinogenic and otherwise dangerous to humans - UV-C light. In order to filter out the UV-C light, and let the UV-B and UV-A pass through, the fluorescent tube would have to be wrapped in a cellulose ac-etate film shield.

I grow outdoors by placing three clones each in 5-gallon buckets. Is this a sound grow-ing technique? Do the plants compete with each other for root space and nutrients?

The plants’ growth is being stunted by the competition for root space, nutrients and air space. However, the space is being well utilized because the plants fill it more. It also provides you with some insurance. If one or even two of the plants should suffer, the other plants will grow into their space and provide you with a crop. Your technique is successful so it’s sound.

Some gardeners grow several varieties that mature at different times in the same container. The containers are moved to posi-tion the maturing plant with the most direct access to sunlight.

To increase the yield without much more effort, increase the

size of the containers from 5 gallons to 10 or even 20 gallons each. When the roots have more space, the canopy grows larger and the individual bud size in-creases as well.

Although your technique works well, I prefer to grow plants in in-dividual containers. I can move individual plants around with-out worrying about the welfare of container-mates. Also, having single plants in each container keeps the plant count down should something untoward happen and the number of plants matters. The single plants in the containers will produce al-most as much as the three plants but only count as one.

I have a two light garden with 16 plants under each light. When I placed the plants into flowering I noticed a few mites on the plants. I wiped off the ones I saw and thought that since the plants were only go-ing to be around another eight weeks or so, the pests would not become a real problem. The plants are six weeks into flowering and the mites are traveling between the leaves and plants on web highways that they have constructed.

The buds have three weeks of flowering left, but if the mites keep sucking away the plants juices, I don’t think they’ll make it.

The plants are in individual containers and are a little more than a foot wide and two feet tall. What should I do?

You are right. Your plants need help immediately. Since they are only two to three feet tall and in individual containers, you have a lot of options.

Mites hang out mostly on the undersides of leaves. They ex-tend a proboscis, a biological straw to suck plant juices. They lay lots of eggs, which hatch in a few days. The new generation matures in a period of days to

weeks depending on the tem-perature. Even if you knock the population down, they will re-turn in large numbers in several weeks. The strategy here will be to knock the population down immediately and then to try to eliminate them over a period of two weeks. To do this, each gen-eration must be eliminated as it hatches. If the plants are treated four times at three-day intervals, each group of hatchlings will be eliminated. After four treatments there are no more adults, no new eggs and no hatchlings left.

The plants can either be sprayed or dipped. In this instance, small plants in individual containers, it is probably more convenient to dip them. It is faster and more thorough. When plants are sprayed, there is always a chance of missing spots.

To dip use either a kitchen trash can or a tray that is at least 6 inches deep and long enough

to hold the plants. The solution should contain neem oil, Cin-namite® and Mitex®, which is a combination of oils and garlic. I find that a mix of Italian spices and cayenne pepper can also be added to the miticidal spray. Use 1 tablespoon per quart of very hot red pepper sauce. Brew a hot tea composed of 1 tablespoon each of Italian spices and ground cloves per quart of spray. Strain out the spices and add the tea water to the spray. All of these ingredients are proven mite kill-ers. In combination, they knock out the mites.

Meanwhile, the buds are matur-ing and harvest is getting near. The treatment takes 10 days. The buds won’t be picked for another 10-14 days after that. That’s more than enough time between treatment and harvest.

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The garden is totally infected with mites that are beginning to spin transportation webs. They use highways to move from plant to plant. If drastic measures are not taken immediately these plants will die before

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Foothill Wellness Center (FWC)

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Cornerstone Collective Eagle Rock

Pure Life Alternative Wellness L.A El Camino Wellness Sacramento

Unity Sacramento Triple C Collective Kelseyville Horizon Sacramento

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

Organic Cannabis Foundation Santa Rosa Sanctuary San Francisco LAPCG West Hollywood

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

Peace in Medicine Santa Rosa Hope Net San Francisco BPG Berkeley

Greenway Santa Cruz

Collective Resource GuideHere, in no particular order, are 20 of our favorite West Coast collectives. Have a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*TLMD 12458 Magnolia Blvd. , Valley Village CA 91607 (818) 761-9581

Valley Village Caregivers 4843 Laurel Canyon, Valley Village (818) 505-1330

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

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

Canoga Park2am Dispensary

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

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

*Discount Co-Op of the Valley (DCV) 21315 Saticoy St. Unit #R, Ca-noga Park, CA 91304 Phone: (818) 887-0980

Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11am to 10 pm, Sat: 12pm to 9pm and Sun: 12pm to 7 Pain-Relief Center (HPRC) 21521 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA Phone: 818 716-1860 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 10a to 10p, Sat & Sun: 11a to 9p Holistic Alternatives, Inc. (HAI) 21001 Sherman Way Unit #12, Canoga Park, CA Phone: (818) 703-1190 Hours: Mon to Sat: 10a to 8p, Sun: 11a to 8p *New World Organics Herbal Care (NWOHC) 7230 Variel #G, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Phone: (818) 884-1080 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week Roscoe Compassionate Collective (RCC) 20943 Roscoe Blvd., Canoga Park, CA 91303 Phone: (818) 885-8721 Hours: 10a to Midnight 7 days a week Sherman Way Collective (SWC) 22147 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, 91303 Phone: (818) 932-9428 Hours: Mon- Sat 10 - 9, Sun 11 - 7So Cal THC (SCTHC) 7251 Topanga Canyon Blvd. Unit E, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Hours: Sun.-Thurs. 10a to 10p & Fri.-Sat. 10a to 12a Phone: (818) 626-1950

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

Northridge & Reseda420 For the People (420FTP)

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

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

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

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

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

Green Happiness Healing Center (GHHC) 8707 Lindley Ave. Suite G,

Northridge, CA 91325 Phone: (818) 886-2479 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11a to 11p & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 9p

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Woodland HillsAshmoon Caregivers (AC)

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

Boulevard Collective (BVC) 19709 Ventura Blvd. Ste A 2nd

Floor, Woodland Hills, CA 91364 Phone: (818) 710-1166 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11a - 11p, Sat. to Sun: 11a - 10p

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

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

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

Topanga Caregivers (TC) 6457 Topanga Cyn. Blvd., Wood-land Hills , CA Phone: (818) 716-9200 Hours: Mon - Thurs 10a - 8p; Fri & Sat 10a - 9p, Sun: 11a - 7p

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

West Valley Patients Group (WVPG) 23043 Ventura Blvd., Woodland

Hills,Ca 91364 Phone: (818) 224-4146 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 9:30a to 10p & Sat. 10a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 8p

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

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

Van Nuys818 Collective (818C)

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

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

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

California Collective Center (CCC) 14532 Friar St. Suite A. Van Nuys CA

Phone: (818) 781-8865 Hours: - Mon to Thurs: 11:00am to 8:00pm, Fri to Sat: 11:00am to 9:00pm & Sun: 11:00am to 4:00pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Clover Collective 5658 Sepulveda Blvd. #210 Van

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5056 Lankershim Blvd. (818) 508-9948

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

Green Miracle Healing (GMH) 7503 Laurel Canyon Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91605 Phone: (818) 232-8684 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8:30p & Sun. 12p to 6p

Harmony House Collective (HHC) 11651 Sherman Way, North Hol-lywood, CA 91605 Phone: (818) 982-4420 Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 11a-8p & Fri: to Sat: 11a-10p

Love & Spirit Collective (LSC) 5651 1/2 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91601 Phone: 818-753-9200 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 10a to 9p & Sat. to Sun. 11a to 8p

NoHo 5656 (NH56) 5656 Cahuenga Blvd., North Hol-lywood, CA 91601 Phone: (818) 404-0358 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 10a to 10p & Fri. to Sat: 10a to Midnight & Sun: 11a to 8p

No Ho Caregivers Inc. (NHCI) 11480 1/2 Oxnard St., North Hol-lywood, CA 91606 Phone: (818) 761-5776 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

No Ho Herbal Medicine (NHHM) 12032 Vose St., North Hollywood, CA 91605 Phone: (818) 765-5933 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10:30a - 8:30p & Sun: 11a - 6p

North Hollywood Caregivers (NHWC) 6760 Lankershim Blvd., North Hol-lywood, CA 91606 Phone: (818) 982-2334 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

North Hollywood Collective (NHC) 12518 Vanowen St. North Hol-lywood, CA 91605 Phone: 818-764-0070 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 11-9, Sat. to Fri: 11-10 & Sun: 12-6

North Hollywood Compassionate Caregivers (NoHoCC) 4854 Lankershim Blvd. North Hol-lywood, CA Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 9p Phone: - 1-818-980-9212

North Hollywood Healing Center (NHHC) 12517 Oxnard St., North Hol-lywood, Ca 91606 Phone: (818) 762-3766 Hours: Mon-Fri:10:00am-10:00pm Saturday-Sunday:11:00am-9:00pm

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

Patients and Caregivers (PC)

6141 Vineland Ave., North Hol-lywood, CA 91606 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8p & Sun. 10a to 6p Phone: (818) 588-1307

Toluca Lake Collective (TLC) 11436 Hatteras St., North Hol-lywood, CA 91601 Phone: (818) 752-8420 Hours: Open Daily: 10a to 9p

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

Vanowen Caregivers (VOCG) 11232 Vanowen St. Unit B, North Hollywood, CA 91605 Phone: (818) 980-3600 Hours: 10a to 7p 7 days a week

West Hollywood*Fairfax Organic Farm (FOF)

800 N. Fairfax, Unit #100, West Hollywood CA 90046 Phone: (323) 951-0691 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 11a to 11p & Fri. to Sun. 10a to 10p

The Herbal Discount Collective (HDC) 735 N. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p Phone: (323) 933-HERB (4372)

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

West Hollywood Center for Compassionate Healing (WHCCH) 8921 Sunset Blvd., West Hol-lywood, CA Phone: (310) 626-3333

Westside Healing Center 6915 Melrose Ave. (323) 965-7700

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

HollywoodLA OG Collective

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

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

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

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

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

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

Better Alternative Treatment (BAT) 7353 Melrose Ave. 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90046 Phone: (888) 420-NUGS (6847) Hours: Sun. to Thurs. 10a to 8p & Fri. to Sat. 10a to 10p

*California Herbal Healing Center (CHHC) 1437 N. La Brea Ave., Holly-wood, CA 90028 Phone: (877) 420-KUSH (5874) Hours: 11a to 11p 7 days a week

Calimeds (CM) 6910 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038 Phone: (323) 938-0506 Hours: Mon to Sat: 10a to 12a, Sun: 10a to 9pm

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

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

Eden Therapy (ET) 6757 1/2 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles CA, 90038

Phone: -323-463-8937 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 11p

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

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

*Good Leaf Collective FREE DELIVERY to Los Angeles/Orange Counties Only THE BEST medicine Excellent at home care services, cuttings available Sun-Wed 8am-2am Thurs-Sat 8am-4am (888) 815-2453 www.goodleaf.org

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

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

Hemp Factory #4 (HF4) 6250 Santa Monica Blvd., Hol-lywood, CA 90028 Hours: (323) 960-0772

Nuys (818) 785-3622

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

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

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

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

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

Durman Inc. Caregivers (DINC) 16045 Sherman Way Unit H1, Van Nuys, CA 91406 Phone: (818) 908-0881 Fax: (818) 908-4669 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 8p & Sun. 11a to 6p

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Universal Caregivers (UC) 6320 Van Nuys Blvd #311 Van Nuys CA, 91401. Phone: (818) 779-1050 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 9p & Sun. 11a to 6p

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

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

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

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

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

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

Studio CityAlternative Medicine Group

10964 Ventura Blvd. (818) 762-5886

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Granada HillsCaregivers Earth Ordinance (CEO)

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

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

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

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

Sherman OaksDaddy’s Collective (DC)

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

The Holland House (THH)

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

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

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

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

So Cal Herbal Care Inc. (SCHCI) 13238 Riverside Dr., Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 (entrance in back) Phone: (818) 501-5554 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 9p & Sun: 11a to 6p

VIP (VIP) 13650 Burbank Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 91401 Phone: (818) 345-5477 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 11a to 10p & Sat. 12p to 10p & Sun. 12p to 9p

Wellness Caregivers (WC) 14429 Ventura Blvd., Suite # 111 Sherman Oaks, CA 91423 Phone: (818) 981-4781 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 8p

North HollywoodAM Organic Solutions (AMOS)

7248 A Fulton Ave., North Hol-lywood, CA 91605 Phone: (818) 764-5200 Hours: Mon. to Thurs. 10a to 9p & Fri. to Sat. 10a to 11p & Sun. 10a to 6p

AZ Caregivers (AZC) 4942 Vineland Ave. #112, North Hollywood, CA 91601 Entrance on Morrison St. Phone: (818) 761-5467 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 10p Sun. 10a tp 8p

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

California Compassionate Care Network (CCCN) 4720 Vineland Ave North Hol-lywood CA, 91602 Phone: (818) 980-MEDS (980-6337) Hours: 11AM - 9PM Daily

Cure With Herbs (CWH) 12011 Victory Blvd. Ste 104, North Hollywood, CA 91606 Phone: (818) 985-4372 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 10a to 6p

Divine Discount Center (DDC) 5056 Lankershim Blvd., North Hol-lywood, CA Phone: (818) 508-9948 Hours: Mon. to Wed: 11a to 8p, Thurs to Fri: 11a to 12a & Sat. to Sun: 11a to 6p

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

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

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

West Los Angeles*420 Collective

12421 Venice Blvd., Venice, Ca. 90066 (310) 4013454

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

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

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

Farmacopeia Organica (FO) 468 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048 Phone: (424) 354-1700 Hours: Tues. to Sat. 12p to 8p & Sun. 12p to 6p

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

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

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

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

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

JJ Herbal Pharmacy (JJHP)

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

Organic Caregivers (OC) 2249 A Westwood Blvd., Los An-geles, CA 90064 (entrance behind jewelry store) Phone: (424) 832-7684 Hours: 11am to 11pm 7 days a week

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

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

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

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

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

Westchester Collective (WC) 8936 South Sepulveda Blvd. Suite 202 Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (310) 410-3200 Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 11am - 8pm & Fri. to Sat: 11am - 9pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

*LA Patients and Caregivers Group

7213 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood (at Formosa) (323) 882-6033

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

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

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

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

Downtown & West LA*420 Grand Caregivers

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

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

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

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

Highland Park Patient Collective,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canna Care Relief,

Phone: Open 7 Days: 10a to 12a Hollywood Caregivers (HWCG)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

East Los AngelesAmerican Eagle Collective (AEC)

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

Colorado Collective (CC) 1121 Colorado Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90041 Phone: (323) 550-8043 Fax: (323) 550-8143 Hours: Sun. to Thur: 11:30am-8pm, Fri. to Sat: 11:30am-9pm

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

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

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

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

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

Santa Fe Springs Specialty Health Center

10016 Pioneer Blvd. #112 Santa Fe Springs (526) 949-0100

Natural Remedy South Gate (323) 357-7900

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

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

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

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

Downey Wellness Downey (526) 726-8752

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nature’s Cure Patients Collective


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Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 8p & Sun. 10a to 6p

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Fountain of Well Being (FOWB) 3835 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029 Phone: (323) 662-0900

Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11a to 9p & Sun: 11a to 6p

Global Meds Collective (GMEDS) 3425 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039 Phone: (323) 953-0565 Fax: (323) 953-0565 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 10a to 10p & Fri. to Sat: 10a to 1a & Sun: 10a to 8pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

*Hill Organic Herbs (HOH) 718 S. Hill St. Ste 200, Los Ange-les, CA 90014 Phone: (213) 627-1004 Hours: Mon. to Thurs: 11a to 8p & Fri. to Sat: 11a to 10p & Sun: 11a to 6p

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

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

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

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

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

Kush Collective (KC) 1111 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90019

Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 11p & Closed Sun. Phone: (323) 938-KUSH (5874)

LA Confidential Caregivers (LACC) 7263 Melrose Ave., Los Ange-les, CA 90046 Phone: (323) 272-4738 Hours: Thur. to Sun: 12p to 10p & Fri. to Sat: 12p to 12a

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

*LA Wonderland Caregivers (LAWC) 4410 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA Phone: (323) 936-4410 Fax: (888) 569-3565 Hours: 12p to 9p

*LAXCC 5710 Manchester Ave. Ste 203, Los Angeles, CA 90045 Phone: (310) 568-9602 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 8p & Sun: 12p to 8p

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

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

Melrose Compassion Center (MCC) 654 N. Manhattan Place, Los Ange-les, CA 90004 Phone: (323) 466-1245 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 9p & Sun: 10a to 8p

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

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

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

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

Relax Herbal Place Inc. (RHPI) 5427 W. Pico Blvd. #201, Los Ange-les, CA 90019 Phone: (323) 456-4677

Hours: Mon. to Fri: 9a to 9p & Sat. to Sun: 10a to 5p

The Relief Collective (TRC) 5669 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90019 Hours: - Phone: (323) 938-9800

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunset Organic Center (SOC) 2210 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Downtown Patients’ Group, 1753 S. Hill St. #8, Los Angeles

(213) 747-3386 Green Earth Collective,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hazelwood Patients Collective, 3208 Eagle Rock Blvd Los Angeles

(323) 542-9140 Hyperion Healing,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Grasshopper:A Nonprofit Collective, Inc.

5027 York Blvd. Highland Park (323) 344-9338

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Orange-San Bernardino-Riverside-Imperial

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

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

Clones 2 Grow Collective Care Temecula, Murrietta, Lake Elsinore (951) 216-9201

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

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

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

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

Lake Forest Community Collective

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Alternative Primary Caregivers Collective South OC. (866) 699-2451

Southern California Caregivers OC (949) 243-5638

The Modest House Collective (949) 439-2867

The Valley Coast Collective Huntington Beach, Newport

Phone: (213) 908-7442 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

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

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

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

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

Wilshire Compassionate Collective (WCC) 3008 Wilshire Blvd. Unit #100, Los Angeles CA 90010 Phone: (213) 739-2761 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 11:00am to 8:00pm, Closed Sundays

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

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

215 Collective (215C)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Delta-9 Torrance Herbal Collective 1321 W. Carson St., Torrance (310) 618-3582

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

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

Compassionate Health Center Long Beach (562) 985-0494

Alternative Medicine Group 5543 Alantic Ave. Long Beach (562) 612-4637Green Nurse Collective Inc. 1532 E. Broadway Long Beach (714) 507-8270Sunshine Holistic Care Long Beach (562) 434-5010MarijuanaMarket.com 565 Pier Ave. #915 Hermosa Beach (310) 797-1100Southbay Wellness Network 1127 W. Anaheim St. Wilmington (310) 847-6199*Alternative Herbal Health (AHH) 3702 East Anaheim St., Long Beach, Ca 90804 Phone: (562) 597-1199 Hours: Sun. to Thurs: 10a to 8p & Fri. to Sat: 10a to 9p Apothecary Assistants Collective (AAC) 2805 E. Pacific Coast Highway, Long Beach, CA 90755 Phone: (562) 597-9780 Hours: 10a to 7:30p 7 days a week A Soothing Remedy Cooperative 1521 W. Willow St., Long Beach, CA 90810 Phone: (562) 612-4388 Hours: Sun. to Thurs. 11a to 8p & Fri. 11a to 4p & Sat. 8p to 11p Canna Collective Long Beach (CCLB) 4010 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90807

Hours: Mon. to Sun: 10a to 8p Phone: (562) 492-6091

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

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

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

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

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

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

Long Beach Organics (LBO) 851 A Pine Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813 Phone: (562) 495-2000

Hours:Mon to Sat: 10a -10p, Sun: 11a - 7p

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

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

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

Gardena Compassionate Caregivers (GCC) 534 W. 182nd Street, Gardena, CA 90248 Phone: (310) 817-7777 Fax: (310) 808-0587 Hours: Open 7 Days: 11a to 9p

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

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

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

South East Los AngelesAP Natural Solutions (APNS)

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

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

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

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

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

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Beaumont, CA 92223 Phone: (951) 797-0927 Hours: 11a to 7p 7 days a week

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

West Valley Patients Collective As-sociation (WVPCA) Palm Springs, Ca 92258 Phone: (760) 329-0418 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9:00a to 7:00p

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

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

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

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

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

Southern California Delivery Services

215-2-U Serving the Inland Empire & High Desert Phone: (951) 660-5812 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 Days a week

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

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

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

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

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

Cannabliss Deliveries to Southern California

Phone: (714) 422-9279 Fax: (714) 616-5444

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

High Quality Cannacare (HQC) Delivery Serving all of Orange County. Phone: (213) 858-3621 Fax: (213) 341-8170 Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 9p

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

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

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

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

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

A Patient Group (TPG) Delivery to Santa Clarita, Los Ange-

les County & San Fernando Valley Phone: (818) 297-0704

Pure Green Releaf (PGR) Serving Ventura Co., Topanga Can-yon, Malibu and the San Fernando Valley Phone: (888)-RELEAF1, (818) 430-4686 Hours: 10a to 10p 7 days a week

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

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

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

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

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

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

BerkeleyBerkeley Cannabis Coop (BCC)

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

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

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

OaklandBlue Sky Coffee Shop

377 17th St. Oakland, CA Phone: (510) 251-0690 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 9a to 8p & Sat. 10a to 8p, Sun. 10a to 6p

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

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

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

San Francisco208 Valencia St.

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

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

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

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Beach, & Fountain Valley (714) 369-9786Healthy Living Hospice Center 1800 E. Garry Ave. #221 Santa Ana (866) 575-5430Orange County Caregivers Collec-tive South OC. (949) 370-2480San Clemente Caregivers So. OC. and No. SD counties (949) 573-8753Southern California Collective (714) 235-0755Omega Healthcare Collective Santa Ana, Irvine, Costa Mesa (949) 836-4833S.A.M.C. 1651 East Edinger Suite 104 Santa Ana (714) 547-1373Lake Forest Community Collective 24602 Raymond Way, Suite 201 Lake Forest (949) 690-7048The C.A.R.E. Resource Center 14482 Beach Blvd. Suite Z, West-minster (888) 714-6337So-Cal Compassion Orange County (714) 417-1322The Healing Center Laguna Hills (949) 981-4351Green Shield of California N. Orange Co. (714) 257-9561Beach Cities Collective (BCC) 26841 Calle Hermosa Unit C, Cap-istrano Beach, CA 92624 Phone: (949) 481-5046 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 10a to 7p Closed Sunday Camm Collective (CC) Serving Orange County, Call for Verification and Information. Phone: (949) 242-9168 Hours: Mon. to Fri: 11am-7pm, Sat. to Sun: 12pm-6pm *Dana Point Safe Harbor Collec-tive (DPSHC) 4102 Violet Lantern St., Dana Point CA, 92629 Phone: (949) 488-0114 Hours: 11a to 8p 7 days a week GGECO 26730 Towne Centre Dr. Ste 203, Foothill Ranch, CA 92610 Phone: 1-(888)-TO-GGECO(864-4326) Hours: 10a to 8p 7 days a week Lake Forest Alternative Center (LFAC) 22471 Aspan St. Ste 207, Lake For-est, CA 92630 Phone: (949) 458-2500 Hours: Mon. to Sat: 9:30a to 7p & Closed Sunday Lake Forest Designated Caregivers (LFDC) 24602 Raymond Way, Unit #203, Lake Forest, Ca 92630 Phone: (949) 836-0417

Hours: Mon. to Sat. 9a to 8p & Sun. 10a to 7p & All Holidays 10a to 5p

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

O.C. Alternative Pain Management Group (OCAPMG) Membership Re-Opened Age Limit: 21 and over Hours: Mon. to Fri. 12p to 6p & Sat. 12p to 5p & Closed Sun. Phone: (714) 299-6207

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Palm SpringsThe California Collective of Choice

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

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

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

Mother Earth’s Collective (MEC) 1140 Beaumont Avenue Unit E


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

MMCA, Cameron Park (530) 677-5362

RealMeds Serving Modesto & The 209 Area (209) 489-5148

Purple Princess Delivery Service Serving Patterson & Surrounding Areas (209) 818-7077

Trusted Friend Inc. 2030 California St., Redding (530) 229-1920

Yuba County Cannabis Buyers’ Col-lective (530) 749-7497

Stanislaus/Central Valley Co-op: Primary Caregivers & Consultants (209) 818-2932

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

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

Marin- North Bay-Napa - SonomaCaregiver Compassion Group

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

Herban Legend (HL) 18300 Old Coast Hway#3, Fort Bragg, CA Phone: (707) 961-0113

Hours: Mon. to Sat. 11a to 6p Marvin’s Gardens (MG)

Call for Address & Directions Phone: (707) 869-1291

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

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

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

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

Sacramento12 Hour Care Collective

6666-C Fruitridge Blvd. (916) 386-9727

America n Collectives Dispensary 1855 Diesel Drive Suite #1 (916) 927-0237

A Therapeutic Alternative 3015 H. Street, Sacramento (916) 400-3095 Fax: (916) 400-3117 [email protected] Hours: Mon. to Fri: 10a to 7p & Sat: 10a to 6p & Sun: 10a to 4p

*Canna Care (CC) 320 Harris Ave #G, Sacramen-to Phone: (916) 925-1199 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 11a to 8p &

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

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

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

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

Emmalyn’s California Cannabis Clinic (ECCC) 1597 Howard St. Unit #A, San Fran-cisco, CA Phone: (415) 861-1000 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 8p

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

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

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

*Herbal Health Collective (916) 459-6123 www.herbalcollective.org

*Hope Net Co-Op (HN) 223 9th St. San Francisco CA Phone: (415) 863-4399 Hours: Mon. to Fri. 12p to 7p & Sat. 12p to 5p

Ketama Cooperative 14 Valencia St. (415) 861-2451

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

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

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

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

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

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

San Francisco Patients’ Cooperative (SFPC) 350 Divisadero St., San Francisco, CA

Phone: (415) 552-8653 SF Medical Cannabis Clinic #1 (SF-

MCC1) 122 Tenth St., San Francisco, CA Phone: (415) 626-4781 Hours: Mon. to Wed. 11a to 7p & Thurs. to Sat. 10a 7p & Sun. 11a to 6p

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

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

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

Santa Cruz*Greenway Compassionate Relief

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

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

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

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

Alameda, Hayward & Tri-Valley

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

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

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

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

Contra Costa Co.Maricare (MC)

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

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

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

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

Central Valley Stockton to Redding & Foothills

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

Golden State Patient Care (GSPC)


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A Non-Profit Community Based Organization 4215 Kitty Lane, Sacramento (916) 285-5822 http://www.thcsac.com

*Natural Herbal Remedies 1420 Roseville Pkwy #140111 Roseville Ca 95661

(916) 751-9849*Unity Non Profit Collective

1832 Tribute Rd. Suite E Sacramento (916) 564-1824

Valley Health Options 1421 Auburn Blvd. (916) 779-0715

The North CoastArcata PCenter

Address: 1085 K St. Arcata Phone: (707) 496-9769 Hours: Mon-Fri: 10a to 7p, Sat: 11a-7p, Sun: 12a-5p

Humboldt Medical Supply Address: P.O. Box 4629, Arcata, CA 95518 Phone/Fax: (707) 825-6700

Humboldt Patients Co-Op (HPC) 601 I St. #B, Arcata, CA Phone: (707) 822-9330

Humboldt Patient Resource Center Address: 980 6th St. Arcata, Ca Phone: 707-826-7988 Hours: Mon.to Thurs: 10a-5p, Fri: 10a-5:30p

Herban Legend 17851 N. Hwy 1, Fort Bragg

(707) 961-0113*The Green House Wellness

Center Santa Rosa, CA 95402 (707) 548-4700

*Organic Cannabis Founda-tion 301 East Todd Rd., Santa Rosa, CA 95407 (707) 588-8811

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

Peace in Medicine6771 Sebastopol Ave (Hwy 12),

Sebastopol (707) 823-4206

Sonoma Alliance for Med MJ (707) 522-0292 Sonoma (Guerneville):

Marvin’s Gardens (707) 869-1291

Lake Co . D & M Compassion Center, 15196 Lakeshore Blvd, Clearlake (707) 994-1320

The Patient’s Choice, 9440 Main St., Upper Lake (707) 275-9564

Kelseyville (707) 277-8300

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

Sat. to Sun. 12p to 5pCapitol Wellness Collective

2100 29th St. (916) 739-1471

*City of Trees Compassionate Care 6743 Blvd., Carmichael, CA 95608 Phone: (916) 481-1116

[email protected]’s Orders

1704 Main Ave, Sacramento, CA Phone: (916) 564-2112 Hours: Mon. to Sat. 10a to 6p & Su. 10a to 3p

*El Camino Wellness Center Collec-tive (ECWCC) 2511 Connie Dr., Unit #200 Sacramento, CA 95825 M to Sat. 10:30a-7p Sun: 1p- 6p Phone: (916) 473-2427 [email protected]

EBHS Collective of Sacramento 2201 Northgate Blvd. Suite H (916) 564-6625

E. Street Health Care Cooperative 3020 E. Street (916) 739-1471

*Fruitridge Health and Wellness

Center (FHWC) 2831 Fruitridge Rd. Suite E, Sacramento, CA 95820 Phone: (916) 706-3806

*Florin Wellness Center (FWC) 7047 S. Land Park Dr., Sacra-mento Phone: (916) 391-8200 Hours: 10a to 8p 7 days a week

Grass 4381 Gateway Park Blvd. # 560 Sacramento (916) 419-6322 [email protected]

Green Solutions 1404 28th Street (916) 706-3568

*Horizon Non-Profit Collective 3600 Power Inn Road 1A (916) 455-1931

*Hugs Alternative Care (HUG) 2035 Stockton Blvd., Sacramen-to, CA 95817 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 7p Phone: (916) 452-3699 Fax: (916) 452-3620

King's Flower Shop 4099 Bridge St. Fair Oaks (916) 966-2838 [email protected]

Marconi Medical Center 2105 Marconi Ave, Sacramento (916) 565-1943

Mendomeds 277 Arden Way (916) 349-8873 or (916) 349-8263 [email protected]

Nor Cal Alternative Healing 515 Broadway, Sacramento (916) 448-3590

Northstar Holistic Collective, A Non-profit Corporation 1236 “C” Street, Sacramento 95814 (916) 476 4344, M - Sat (10 to 7), Sun

(11 - 4) contact: ZachSacramento Healing Center

2014 10th St., Sacramento (916) 930-0939

Sacramento Health Center 2208 29th St. (916) 451-4590

SacsterDam U (916) 222-9030 [email protected]

South Sacramento Care Center 114A Otto Circle (916) 393-1820

* The Holistic Collective (THC)

MCD LAWYERJames Anthony

Medical Cannabis Dispensary Permit LawOffices in Oakland and Los Angeles

[email protected] • www.mcdlawyer.com

Ed RosenthalCOURT-QUALIFIED CULTIVATION EXPERT

Experience in both Federal and State courts•Strategies to resolve issues quickly•Consulting •

Contact: [email protected] Tel: 510.533.0605 Ext 4# / Fax: 510.535.0437

Reflections of AvalonMedicinal Marijuana Collective

1291 Talmage Road, Ukiah CA 95482707.463.1178

[email protected]

dena plotkinlicensed marriage family therapistpsychotherapy - life coaching

4402 west pico blvd.los angeles, ca 90019(213) 864-6406

[email protected]

license number:mfc41033


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The Humboldt Cooperative 601 I St., Suite 2 Arcata (707) 822-9330.

Mendo Remedies Co-Op, 42400 Highway 101 Laytonville (707) 984-7101

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

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

Compassionate Heart 2020 Industry Rd. Ukiah (707) 462-5100

Northern California Delivery Services

5StarCannabis.com (5SCC) Serving South Bay and Peninsula Phone: (415) 424-5189 Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 10p

Cannabis Direct (CD) Phone: (707) 689-2276

Central Valley Caregivers (CVC) Delivery to Northern California. Call for Details. Phone: (209) 346-8645 Hours: Open 7 Days: 7a to 9p

Frosty Purple RX (FPRX) Serving the Modesto/Stockton and Central Valley Hours: Open 7 Days: 9a to 9p Phone: (209) 570-3997 or (415) 410-8298

High Flight Deliveries (HFD)

Deliveries to Stockton/Tri-Valley Phone: (209) 346-4489

Jim’z Deliveries (JD) Delivery Service, Call for Deliv-ery Area Phone: (916) 519-5328 Hours: Tues to Fri: 10a to 6p

Sam’s Deliveries (SD) Deliveries, call for delivery area Phone: (916) 717-4848 Hours: Open 7 Days: 10a to 6p

South Bay & Peninsula Blue Heaven

3149 Middlefield Rd. Redwood City (650) 361-8009

Evolution 6116 Highway 9 Felton (650) 537-6256

Lake County*Alternative Solutions

12867 E. HWY 20, Clearlake Oaks (707) 998-1100

*D&M Compassion Center 15196 Lakeshore Dr. Clearlake (707) 994-1320

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T H I S M O N T H ’ S B U D : T h i r d D i m e n s i o n P H OTO : S u b c o o l

The Third Dimension is Depth. But, let’s start with first two dimensions, just to make it easy…1st Dimension is length: this plant flowers in 45-50 days or so; not long at all, in fact it’s quite fast—for a strain that’s mostly Sativa. Jack the Ripper and Apollo-13, with a dash of Jack’s Cleaner, makes this a true power trio of a strain. The 2nd dimension? Height. This plant does well as a topped-off bush around 30 inches tall. The high itself is of a well-mannered sativa. It’s not super buzzy, but still an active high. The 3rd Dimension: Depth. It tastes like a pina colada, and it’s easy to trim. Think about it. Is that deep enough for you? p.s. 3D is a great cannabis strain to take to the movies. 3D and 3D. Nice.…editor@westcoastcannabis. com

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