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LA Weekly on the Los Angeles "Reefer Revolution"

In case you missed it, LA Weekly ran a cover story last week on the burgeoning medical marijuana dispensary scene in Los Angeles.  The magazine contrasts L.A. unfavorably with the better-regulated and taxed San Francisco scene -- where shady players have been forced out by a proactive and strategic city government. 

According to the Weekly, the L.A. city council has been too inert/incompetent to get a handle on the pot dispensary scene, and now the "genie is out of the bottle," so to speak. 

Consider this statistic from the article:

"Pot-friendly Berkeley, where more people wear hemp than denim, has allowed three medical-marijuana dispensaries, or one for every 35,000 Berkeley-ites. Compare that to Los Angeles, with one dispensary for every 6,000 people."

Read the entire piece: [L.A.'s Reefer Revolution - L.A. Weekly]

Roscoe Compassionate Collective Gives Its Weed Away

If you donate the ganja, they will come.  Over 100 people lined up in front of "Roscoe's Compassionate Collective" in Canoga Park earlier this week, after the dispensary ran a "free pot" promotion for the first 100 loyal medicinal marijuana customers to walk through its doors on a Monday morning.

According to the L.A. Times:

JT Wiegman, 37, the owner's son, said it is indeed for real and as of 11 a.m., they began giving 3.5 grams of marijuana, worth $55, to each recipient. The shop has been open only three months, and though Wiegman admitted the giveaway was in part a promotion, he said that wasn't the main point.

Compassion for the suffering and sick, says Wiegman, is the real point.  A point he's elevating above profit -- at least for this particular promotion.

Link [More than 100 Line Up For Medicinal Pot Freebie] 

Artists Collective Marijuana Dispensary Uses Twitter for Customer Service!

Ever wonder what might happen if a pot dispensary went "web 2.0" and started using twitter to connect with customers and announce its current offerings?  Well wonder no more. 

KPCC's Off Ramp radio program recently interviewed Dann Halem, director of the non-profit 'Artists Collective' dispensary.  The collective's avowed goal/business plan is to sell enough weed to give away ten-thousand dollar grants to artists!  Halem and co. have been using Twitter to great effect lately.

A few sample tweets:

While on a delivery, 4 police motorcyles close in with lights flashing. "Uh oh," I think. Then I see a film crew behind. That's Hollywood!1:54 PM Jul 17th from web

Just in for Artists Collective members: Purple Nepal and Hog's Breath. Two of the nicest choices we've seen this summer. Supply is limited.10:20 PM Jul 8th from web

Here's a link to the entire Dann Halem interview/podcast with Off Ramp producer Queena Kim.  For more informationa about this particular dispensary, we've provided some linkage below...

LINKS: [Artists Collective on Twitter] ... [Artists Collective Website]

Westchester Collective Up in Smoke

LAist reports that the Westchester Collective dispensary, which was located "on the second floor of a two-story commercial building," at 8936 Sepulveda Blvd. was severely damaged in a major fire last week. No injuries were reported, but it took nearly 70 firefighters to quell the raging inferno. 

No word on if/when the dispensary will reopen, or, for that matter, the cause of the blaze.

LINK: [Westchester Collective Burns -- LAist]

Pot Committed Blog: Poker, Pot, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas

She bills herself as "everyone's favorite Hollyweird blonde," and she blogs about playing professional poker while enjoying the green stuff away from the green felt.  What could make for better reading material than the always entertaining Pot Committed Blog?

Certainly worth and add to your RSS reader if you're a dually addicted to pot and poker! 

Medical Marijuana Is Here to Stay

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