You are tough, my friend. I can tell. So, keep an even strain but keep fighting.
That's my go to spot for flower and edibles! Great deals. Their house concentrates are pretty nice and clean too, they gave some away on 4/20 (shatter, crumble, and moon rocks). I just wish they had better prices on Kurvana and it would be a one stop shop for me.@mixchu69 If you have a medical rec, check out Loud & Lavishthey're rec only, but have great buds, and the price is a fucking steal! 5 for $35 all day every day, and $200 oz.. it's the only place I've been going to for a while now.. it's kind of out of my way (not as much as a trip to LA though! been years since I've done that), but it's the only place I go to these days, since the day it opened... I only go there for flowers, they have great flowers IMO, the low price can seem deceiving.
Let me know if you check it out and what you ended up w/
Not sure about up in Santa Monica, @FlyingLow, but down here in the OC there are definitely places that will sell to anyone 21+ rec or not (not surprising given that many in the OC are operating in contravention of city ordinances anyway). Usually they'll advertise that fact on WM. They tend to be more sketchy places though, so be warned.
That's my go to spot for flower and edibles! Great deals. Their house concentrates are pretty nice and clean too, they gave some away on 4/20 (shatter, crumble, and moon rocks). I just wish they had better prices on Kurvana and it would be a one stop shop for me.
Not sure about up in Santa Monica, @FlyingLow, but down here in the OC there are definitely places that will sell to anyone 21+ rec or not (not surprising given that many in the OC are operating in contravention of city ordinances anyway). Usually they'll advertise that fact on WM. They tend to be more sketchy places though, so be warned.
Often there used to be too many super bomb strains to decide on, I'd always feel like a kid in a candy store (the array of glue strains the were getting a while back were all off the hook!!).. Lately I feel like I'm lucky to find 1-2 that I feel that way about.. I figure it's just a slump, and I'm actually pretty surprised how long they kept it going strong for.. The nugs have seem a little more rushed lately IMO, but I don't expect it to last forever..
She really lowers the bar for that spot IMO.. I go there and pass a bunch of other spots on the way because I want bomb nugs, but when I get served by her, I get only tiny, loose bottom nugs, and crumbs, every time.. I guess I can't complain too much for 5g for $35, but I drive the extra distance for the quality I've known them to (mostly) maintain, the bomb deal is just a huge bonus.. I always leave happy when I get served by anyone other than her.. She wasn't always there either, she came along later.. I remember her first day there, when she gave me a strain I never wanted or even asked to see, even though I told her a handful of times that I didn't want it.. it sucks getting back home and finding out instead of the strain I really wanted, I got the exact one I didn't want 
Anyways, Yeah, I like that spot 
Sucks to hear about that particular tender, most of the folks there are good. I think I know who you are referring to, is she one of the daytime crew? I usually go in the evening so I don't see too much of her. My girl Sara on the evening crew is my fave (blonde with tats), always has good recommendations and hooks you up the fattest dabs (if you want). I mean seriously huge dabs, last time I went to Wal Mart afterwards to pick up dinner ingredients and it felt like I was on another planet. Luckily my fiancee remembered what we were there for.Their gift bags are probably the best I've ever had.. I always found some really bomb stuff at LL, I've been going since opening day, but coincidentally, right after I made that last post ^^ I went there the same day, and I feel like it hasn't quite been the same since.. I went again the other day and it's looking better again, but it's still not quite the same level of quality I'd been used to since they opened.. Still I got some really bomb buds
BTW Have you ever noticed that the girl w/ the braces always gives out the shittiest nugs in the jar, no matter what, every single time, even if it's full of almost all fat bomb nugs!? Guaranteed every time
Yeah, she must be part of the day crew, I've gotten her later in the day though too I'm pretty sure, but I go at all different times when I go so it's hard to say.
even if you ask for a small one I usually get a medium one and it takes me a few lungs to finish She always sets me up w/ the best of the best nugs too, she's got high standards.. The rest of them are awesome too, for sure!
Yeah, they were in a strip mall on Garden Grove Blvd next to 4/20 Exchange (busier dispensary than Re-Up actually) and Quality 35 (smaller place than either). All three are gone from the strip mall, I assume GGPD shut them down because all three were gone at once. I know 4/20 Exchange moved to a temporary secret location nearby, maybe Re-Up will move as well. Immaterial to me really, I stopped going there after using up their 3x FTP deal and haven't had reason to visit again.
it seems like they always come back eventually..I didn't realize that was going on.. Garden Grove has been known to do that all of a sudden, from time to time.. I remember at least a couple times where there wasn't anything out there for a good while, but eventually spots start popping back up again, until one day they shut it all back down.. I don't really get how it works
I'm just glad the spot I go to is in Westminster 
I could believe it, the town council is very anti-pot despite being mostly Democrats. I think there is a strong contingent of residents that remain opposed to the dispensaries, there was some talk of lifting the ban a while back but it got shot down.
Don't blame me, blame that brainwashing I got in D.A.R.E. when I was growing up on the east coast.
In the early days of medical marijuana, GGPD were very hard core in fighting the law. In one case they seized the medical marijuana of a properly-registered person and refused to return it. (If I recall, the claim was they could not violate federal law.) I think they took the appeal all the way to the U.S. Supreme court after finding no relief with the state's Supreme's.
Interesting, I think it's this case, if anyone else is interested to read it:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/ca-court-of-appeal/1001359.html
I'm glad that it seems times have changed somewhat in regards to individual users at least. My aforementioned GGPD friend did security for the recent High & Mighty Festival, he said in the briefing for it they were specifically told there would be people smoking cannabis and they didn't have to worry about it unless anyone was selling. And people were smoking very close by as we were talking about it. There was even a CBD vendor there (Chronic Candy) and they were fine with him.
I don't blame the cops for these dispensary shutdowns, it is their job to enforce the law of the city as well as the state. The policy of letting the cities decide mj policy leads to a patchwork of laws that are confusing for everyone involved (but was a necessary compromise). Garden Grove should accept that it's 2017 and they'll never completely get rid of the dispensaries, but instead they're keen to keep playing whack a mole. Whatever, their loss on that tax revenue.
Since we've gotten a bit off thread, has anyone been to MedMen OC? Saw their WeHo location on The Profit recently and it looked like an Apple store for cannabis. Their Weedmaps menu and FTP look good, stackable BOGO on flower/edibles/concentrates. Curious how good their flower is.
pics look good..
By means of an update, I finally got a chance to try MedMen OC last week. Overall I thought it was a really nice collective with a bomb FTP deal. Their selection of products was expansive; it was really hard to narrow down the flower selections in particular. Luckily you can do up to 4 different eighths for the BOGO deal, and the budtender was knowledgeable and gave good recommendations. I ended up with 7g of Nameless Genetics Mega Wellness OG, 3.5g of Legacy Stains Trainwreck, and 3.5g of Imperial Extracts Strawberry Banana. All three are pretty great, though my favorite is easily the Trainwreck (and I definitely want to try more of Legacy's line now). I also got the BOGO on 1g Kurvana carts and Breez Royal Mints. All told, I got almost $200 of free products! My only gripe with this place is they need to change out the display flower more often, as some of it didn't have much of a smell (not a problem for the stuff I brought home thankfully). Overall, I think it's definitely worth a visit.
Just the ones who want to stay out of jail.
Thanks for the recommendation, I checked them out today. They had the cartridges I'm partial to (Kurvana and ASCND) for a good $10/g cheaper than any of the other places I've been going, plus 10% off daily deal on the cartridges. Good stuff!
