Cannabis Club Prowler: The Green Cross

July 25th, 2010

The web-menu includes a Hi-Res photo per strain.

When convenience is your game – especially if you’re located within San Francisco city limits – The Green Cross is your best option. Specializing in Medical Cannabis Delivery, The Green Cross offers a wide variety of cannabis flowers, along with a hefty selection of edibles, concentrates and Green Cross memorabilia, ready to show up at your door.

If you’re interested in joining the Green Cross, send them an email (staff@thegreencross.org) that includes your recommendation, and your California Driver’s License. Once that’s complete – visit their website (www.thegreencross.org) and feast your eyes on the virtual menu, offering pictures and descriptions of each item in their inventory. Now that you’ve made a decision, call them at (415) 648- 4420, check that they’ve recieved the necessary documentation, and then place your order.

Eighths (3.75 grams) are $40 dollars, quarters (7.25 grams) are $80, half-ounces (14.5 grams) are $160, and full ounces go for a cool $300 (with all prices including tax). The Green Cross also offers Mix-A-Lot bags, which are down-priced bags of smaller nuggets, weighing either a half (for $130) or full ounce (for $250). Other savings come in the form of overstock specials, which mark random strains down a couple notches; it’s best to check their website every week to get the scoop on the Overstock items since they do periodically change.

First bumper is free, each sticker after that is a buck.

After you’ve placed the order, you have to decide how you’re getting the medication. If you’re within San Francisco city limits, give them a delivery address; if you aren’t in city limits, arrange for a place to meet their driver (one of their favorite places is at the intersection of 11th and Harrison) alongside a U-Haul parking lot. Tell the phone representative the make and color of your car, and make sure you decide on an accurate meeting time, or just call them when you arrive.

The Green Cross is a friendly, convenient option for any Bay Area Cannabis Patient. They are quite hospitable to new patients (oftentimes offering gifts like lighters, jars, free edibles and knick-knacks) and are one of the only dispensaries to inform customers of their inventory before you place an order.

- all photos are courtesy of www.thegreencross.org

The Cannabis Club Prowler: MediThrive

July 15th, 2010

Collect 10 and return them for a free MediJoint!

An exceptional breed of cannabis clubs have a sophisticated air to them, as if – rather than entering into a legal drug dealership – you find yourself stepping into a connoisseur’s cafe. Medithrive is a magnificent operation, and I must say that it is one of the most impressive establishments that the city by the bay has to offer.

Your ID and recommendation are required for admittance.

Medithrive is located at 1933 Mission in an inconspicuous building fitted with frosted glass windows, which blend seamlessly with a not-so-obvious doorway. Stepping inside, an individual sitting at a desk on the left-hand side of the lobby, and another fellow seated on the left on a bench, who will inquire about membership. Handing him your driver’s license and recommendation, he’ll ask you if it’s your first time; If not, then your next stop is the desk. There you’ll sign the rules of the collective, hand the employee behind the desk your I.D. and recommendation, and wait to receive your member number (which comes on a little round sticker). Once that’s done, you’re free to enter the back room.

The glossy wooden floor leads down a shallow ramp, where a large elegant wall offers decorative lime-green moss grows in vertical slats. Across the room hangs a large flat-screen television, where all the products are listed for convenience sake. Each strain is displayed in a glass jar, where they are all available for examination. Two counters offer an identical selection, each composed of about a dozen different varieties (including both sativas and indicas).

MediThrive strives to be safe, clean, and sophisticated.

Their gorgeous spread is priced at 60 dollars an eighth, while grams cost anywhere from 14 – 20 dollars each. But, don’t go thinking that Medithrive is overpriced, since each 8th isn’t a normal eighth – but a Medithrive 8th. In other words, at Medithrive, the standard 8th weighs a whopping FOUR GRAMS! This is a huge plus for those looking to get more bang for their buck. Aside from the cannabis, they do also offer: a wide specturm of edibles (by Auntie Dolores and Incredible Edibles), and a list of concentrates that includes full melts, bubble hash and oils.

Medithrive is also proud to offer their customers a variety of services, which will be available as they expand. These include: Chiropractic – spine and joint corrections; Naturopathy – natural medicine primary care physician; Yoga – Iyengar and restorative; Massages, Grow Classes, Traditional Chinese Medicine – incorporating Herbalism and Acupunture; and finally, Western Herbalist Consultations.

Don;t forget to pet the moss before you leave!

Medithrive is open for business from 11am until 9pm. Their entire menu is available at their website:www.Medithrive.com. They accept credit card, and remember that new patients are rewarded for their curiosity by a choice edible, or a medicinal joint – ABSOLUTELY FREE!

This is one Cannabis Club that you have got to try out; however, be warned, that once you’ve spoiled yourself with Medithrive’s excellence, you might find it hard to buy your medications anywhere else.

All photos were borrowed from the website: www.MediThrive.com

NJ’s Unfair MMJ LAWS

January 12th, 2010

New Jersey just recently passed a medical marijuana bill through the legislation. The provisions in this bill are severely strict, for instance, Patients with specified diseases such as cancer and glaucoma must demonstrate severe or chronic pain, nausea, seizures, muscle spasms or wasting syndrome to qualify. Is it not enough that these people are suffering, now they have to prove it to the state in order to get a better alternative treatment. They call this bill the “Compassionate use Act” however compassion is no were to be seen in the bill. Gov. Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor, said he supported the concept of the bill but remained concerned that a loophole could lead to abuses. No bill or law can ever be perfect, there are always loopholes. The ability for a patient, particularly disabled patients, to grow in their own private residence is a huge benefit. To take that away would mean your forcing these sick people to have to travel to get their medicine…THIS IS WRONG

Dirty Glass

January 10th, 2010

Glass pieces are a favorite among cannabis consumers. There’s different types of glass, including bowls, bubblers, bongs, roars, steamrollers, one-hitters, and hookahs. All of them are good choices, however all of them could be bad for you; when your glass is dirty it increases the toxic tar and carcinogens in the smoke.

The istrain guide

January 4th, 2010

A new application for the iphone or ipod touch that acts as a digital cannabis index. It includes a picture of the strain, a description of the smell, taste and look, a list of the medical properties associated with each individual strain, and a live news feed that recieves only cannabis related news. The strain database is updated every week, so theres a never ending list of strains. The first version of the app is free, however the second version  (coming soon!) is 99 cents; this includes zoom capabilities, a section to write notes on each strain, and a search bar.  So be one of the first among many to be apart of the istrain guide movement!!

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Medical Marijuana states/ possible mmj states

January 2nd, 2010

-Texas

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Arizona

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Minnesota

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Illinois

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Tennessee

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Ohio

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-North Carolina

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Pennsylvania

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Delaware

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-New Jersey

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Connecticut

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Missouri

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009- 2010

-Massachusetts

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009- 2010

-New Hampshire

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-New York

Medical Marijuana legislation pending and/ or voter initiative in 2009-2010

-Maine

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Vermont

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Rhode Island

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Michigan

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-New Mexico

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Colorado

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Montana

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Washington

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Hawaii

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Alaska

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Oregon

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-Nevada

Medical Marijuana use is legal

-California

Medical Marijuana use is legal

Addiction

December 12th, 2009

There’s an incredible amount of things you could become addicted to; the list seems to never end. Some of these addictions, or dependencies, include; heroin, crack, sex, gambling, pharmaceutical pills, body building, diet coke, and even drunk driving. All of these are as bad as the other, and all are nearly, if not totally, unconquerable with will power alone. When an individual wants to sober up and end a dependency on a substance, he or she needs some sort of help. When someone wants to end a heroin addiction, they are usually given another drug called methadone to fill the receptors in the brain, in effect this curtails the cravings for a heroin “fix”. Although methadone is much weaker than heroin, an individual can still get the same effects if increased doses are consumed. A documentary called “methadonia” shows how easily methadone is legally obtained; and how easily addicts can  up their doses anywhere from 300, to 600 mg, sometimes more. There’s alot of medication that helps stop dependencies, some work better than others, and some have unwanted side effects.

Dennis Peron is a Cannabis activist as well as a gay-activist, who testified first hand at Oaksterdam University, that cannabis had helped him stop  binge drinking. He said himself that he was a serious alcoholic and if it weren’t for cannabis he would most likely still be dependent on alcohol. You might say that all he did was trade one addiction for another, however he is now a productive citizen of the United States that runs a hostel hear in San Francisco. Cannabis is a “miracle drug” and can help an array of problems, wether it be physical, emotional, or even financially; and hopefully we will be able to make it available to those who need it most.

December Strains

December 8th, 2009

November Strains

November 24th, 2009

Cannabis Health-care

October 29th, 2009

Many people can benefit off of cannabis. If medical cannabis was to be legalized across the nation, it would decrease the amount of money used to purchase pharmaceuticals, and other medical substances. Cannabis is known to treat diseases and ailments, ranging from anxiety, to chronic pain. All those pills that people have been prescribed,come with dangerous, and sometimes deadly, side effects. I have an alarming amount of friends that are prescribed more than three pills. One of them is prescribed to more than five; when I went to visit him and a few other friends, he would nod out at 6-7 o clock. If the pills were replaced with naturally medicinal, cannabis flowers, I’d bet my friend would be much better off. Cannabis is known to treat diseases and ailments, ranging from anxiety, to chronic pain so it would be tremendous to his health; only problem is you wont find a dispensary in North Carolina LOL

Cannabis flowers have many different properties, including THC, CBD and CBC, and all have different effects to the human body. The human body has within an endo- cannabinoid system that dwarfs many other systems in the human body. This system is one of the biggest, however we know as much about it as we do the brain (which isn’t that much). Lets hope all goes well with the health-care bill, for there’s many people suffering without health-care or a way to pay for it.