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<\/p>\nBack when we started tracking active Oakland Cannabis Clubs, the city only permitted 8. They were all pretty quality and well-managed. It was an ample amount of retail front spread out evenly.<\/p>\n
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Now, a lot has changed. That number has doubled to 16 operating permitted dispensaries<\/a> with 10 more approved and not opened yet. The city of Oakland let a whole bunch more clubs in under some “Equity” program which gives some dispensaries an unfair advantage over others. Such as lower-cost permits, grant money funded by your taxes, tax breaks for discriminating against whites, 3 years or more of free rent, etc. This has led to a lot of short-lived businesses that open and close and an ever-changing field of players. Why go longer than 3 years? How do existing legit no discrimination businesses compete against those with free rent and grants? Luckily, a few of the originals are still around like Harborside and Blum Oakland. I wish they would sue the City of Oakland for funding competition based on race to undercut them.<\/p>\n If you want to read more about the “Equity” program and the unfair advantages it gives some people, you can do so at the City of Oakland<\/a> site.<\/p>\n First, any of these clubs can legally sell recreational marijuana to anyone who is over the age of 21 with a Government issued ID. Anyone with a medical card must be age 18 or over. Medical card holders do not pay the extra recreational taxes.<\/p>\n Anyways, a lot has changed with dispensaries in Oakland and most websites offer outdated lists with permanently closed locations so here is a new updated list with all the important information you need.<\/p>\n Hours:<\/strong> 10am – 8pm A true Oakland pioneer, since 2006, a legendary establishment that has stood the test of time while many others have come and gone. They were able to stay afloat while Equity funded clubs got massive advantages by providing quality and service. We suggest you support them as they have been keeping it real since the beginning. Although we must admit they have pandered and done dumb LGBTQIA+ and Juneteenth stuff, they have kept it minimal. Hopefully, they cut that stuff out. Just be a dispensary! No one wants anything more out of you. You lose customers when you try to be something else. Trust that.\n<\/p><\/div>\n Hours:<\/strong> 8am – 10pm Another Oakland original that has been here since the early days. Founded in 2012, a long-standing service you can count on. They sold to Terra Tech<\/a> who seems to mostly stay clear of identity politics but they do post all that Juneteenth stuff on Instagram. And then followed by being robbed<\/a> like many others.\n<\/div>\n Hours:<\/strong> 11am – 7pm | Friday & Saturday til 9pm Hours:<\/strong> 9am – 9pm Hours:<\/strong> 9am – 9pm Hours:<\/strong> 8am – 10pm Hours:<\/strong> 8:30am – 8pm | Friday & Saturday until 9pm Hours:<\/strong> 8am – 10pm Hours:<\/strong> 10am – 11pm Hours:<\/strong> 9am – 9:45pm Hours:<\/strong> 10am – 9:55pm Hours:<\/strong> Mon-Thur: 9am – 9pm | Fri-Sat: 9am – 9pm | Sun: 12pm – 7pm Hours:<\/strong> 9am – 9pm | Thursday – Saturday til 10pm We’re not just going to give you the most complete list of cannabis dispensaries in Oakland, we will also give you additional facts about weed in Oakland that you might not know.<\/p>\n California Statewide Cannabis Excise Tax 15% Medical Marijuana buyers are not subject to Sales Tax.<\/p>\n Ever wonder why no one is white when you go into these clubs? Equity free ride or not, the city is giving these business tax breaks to discriminate against white people<\/a>. That’s right, if you make sure not to hire whites in any role, or even use white based supply chains, you can get a tax break.<\/p>\n Self-proclaimed black women-owned cannabis club just couldn’t afford the cost of doing business in a black crime dominant community<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another idiot who won’t shut up about being black and how “overwhelmingly white” the seemingly mostly black industry is. Closed down for good because Black Lives Matter protesters looted his store. The irony.<\/p>\n Another one looted by Black Lives in the name of George Floyd. Twice even. Could not recover the damage done by Oaklanders.<\/p>\n Another one hit for George Floyd but they had the audacity to blame the Bureau of Cannabis Control<\/a> for “publishing names and locations of all the states legal licensees on its website”. Criminals, that’s who. As with all George Floyd BLM peaceful protest, the crowd just gets hyphy and starts breaking into stuff, robbing, and looting. This happened nationwide. Oakland saw roving caravans of thieves during these times and they hit shoe stores, electronic stores, and of course cannabis clubs. If you want to operate a safe business in Oakland, open a bookstore. It is what it is. But these businesses are too scared to point any blame so they all say it was not the protestors\/supporters of the GF riots.<\/p>\n But get this, City of Oakland is providing Emergency Grants<\/a> for Equity Businesses robbed during the George Floyd fiasco but not to normal businesses that were robbed by the supporters of Equity Riots of 2020. How does any of this make sense?<\/p>\n Oakland (also known as Oaksterdam) is taking a step forward while others are taking a step back. The Federal Government has raided and shut down over 200 pot clubs during the last few months but that hasn’t stopped Oaksterdam from growing. While others are shutting down Oakland has doubled the number of permitted clubs. Oakland has always been cutting edge in the Medical Marijuana Industry<\/strong> Oakland charges a $60,000 fee for each dispensary permit, alongside with collecting a 5 percent annual business tax. This brings in about $1 million dollars a year for Oakland and could potentially be doubled to $2 million now that there are 8 legal clubs. The Growing Industry market is currently flooded and oversaturated with high-grade marijuana. Meaning the clubs are turning away growers and not buying their crops. So you can still get a pound of weed a LOT cheaper than you used t be able to. This is good for the middle man black market drug dealer but bad for the growers because they are forced to produce even larger quantities of high-grade marijuana.<\/p>\n While all of this is great and generate a lot of income for many people such as the medical clubs, random growers, middle man drug dealers and even the Mexican Drug Cartel, there is a huge unspoken problem of how the weed is being cultivated and what toll it’s taking on the rural hillsides of Northern California.<\/p>\n Nestled deep in the forest and hillsides of Northern California are thousands of illegal grow operations known as trespass grows that are hosting millions of marijuana plants. These grows are very prosperous for the weed farmers and medical marijuana clubs but are extremely hazardous to the natural local environment. A lot of these outdoor illegal grow ops are actually supplying the clubs and of course black market dealers.<\/p>\n The illegal marijuana farmers are taking over private property, cutting up all the trees, building dams on local creeks and streams to steal the water for their grow and then dumping all of the chemicals and waste byproducts back into the streams. This kills off all of the fish and other local wildlife while adding to the California Drought. It undoes millions of dollars in endangered species rehabilitation projects and is very counterproductive to the State of California restoration projects.<\/p>\n The farm guards are usually armed and dangerous and even set up booby traps to keep out would-be thieves and random hikers. In many cases, the marijuana growers in North California are actually the Mexican Drug Cartels running these pot farms. The people left behind guarding the operations generally don’t speak English and are usually confused as to where they really are. Most of them are technically being held hostage with death threats to their families if they do not comply and guard the farm.<\/p>\n After a marijuana harvest is done they abandon the land and leave behind tons of waste, garbage, toxic pesticides, and a devastated forest. So as you can see this new California Gold Rush is causing major problems.<\/p>\n For more details on the illegal grow ops, farm eradication and exact numbers collected by the State of California check out this story<\/a>.<\/p>\nMedical & Recreational Cannabis is Legal in Oakland<\/h2>\n
Oakland’s List Of Best Legal Marijuana Clubs<\/h2>\n
\nHarborside Health Center<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash & Debit
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> Yes
\nDelivery:<\/strong> Yes
\nAddress:<\/strong> 1840 Embarcadero Oakland, CA 94606<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Yes
\nPhone:<\/strong> (888) 994-2726
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a><\/p>\n\nBlum Oakland<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash, ATM on site, Debit & Credit Card, Android Pay, Apple Pay
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> Yes
\nDelivery:<\/strong> Yes
\nAddress:<\/strong> 578 W Grand Ave Oakland, CA 94612<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Lot
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 900-4431
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a><\/p>\n\nECO Cannabis<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash only, ATM on site
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> Yes
\nDelivery:<\/strong> Yes
\nAddress:<\/strong> 2435 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94612<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Lot
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 338-3001
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nThese guys are even more pro when it comes to holding back on Oakland BS, but even they can’t resist ruining their image for a few Likes<\/a>. Other than that, they have a mostly clean record of just providing cannabis without propaganda. I wonder if anyone will tell them who is attacking Asians<\/a> in Oakland?\n<\/div>\n\nHigh Times Oakland<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash, free ATM on site
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> Yes
\nDelivery:<\/strong> Yes
\nAddress:<\/strong> 7817 Oakport St Oakland, CA 94621<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Lot
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 383-9020
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nYes, High Times, as in the magazine. They do not accept cash but they have a no-charge ATM. Smart people.\n<\/div>\n\nIvy Hill Oakland<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Debit & Credit Cards
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> No
\nDelivery:<\/strong> No
\nAddress:<\/strong> 1834 Park Blvd Oakland, CA 94606<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Street
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 879-6708
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nIt’s sad that the historic Parkway Theater closed and reopened as a weed club, but this was its fate. At least there is something there now. Back when it was The Parkway I went there often for beer, pizza, and movies. Now it is just cannabis. They claim parking but it is really a block away behind the laundromat. They have potential and promise a future lounge and events but so far, just a place to buy weed.\n<\/div>\n\nOakanna<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> No
\nDelivery:<\/strong> No
\nAddress:<\/strong> 3238 Lakeshore Ave Oakland, CA 94610<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Lot
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 285-6393
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nMany reviews basically say these guys are dicks and the owner is mean. We can’t recommend them.\n<\/div>\n\nBlunts + Moore<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash only
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> No
\nDelivery:<\/strong> No
\nAddress:<\/strong> 701 66th Ave, Oakland, CA 94621<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Lot
\nPhone:<\/strong> 510-347-3420
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes Site<\/a>
\nBlunts and Moore takes claim to Oakland’s first outdoor consumption lounge for smoking your weed. Unfortunately, they also are the first “Equity owned” dispensary meaning they have an unfair advantage over normal businesses. Here they are crying<\/a> that they no longer get free rent and have to be a normal business. One thing they have going for them is they do occasional events like stand-up comedy and they have food trucks on site making them unique. But they still have unfair advantages over long-standing normal dispensaries and we can’t recommend you support cheaters. It’s like buying a hot dog form a street vendor in front of a real food store that has to pay its dues to operate.\n<\/div>\n\nHave a Heart<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash and Debit Card
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> Yes
\nDelivery:<\/strong> Yes
\nAddress:<\/strong> 709 Broadway Oakland, CA 94607<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Street
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 835-4201
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes Site<\/a>
\nThis place had a pretty bad reputation back when they were bragging about being “black owned” but no worries, High Times bought it and they have since improved greatly. If you recall this is the location that used to be Sacred Tatoo. I walked by here every day on my way to work.\n<\/div>\n\nHempire Oakland<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Undisclosed
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> No
\nDelivery:<\/strong> No
\nAddress:<\/strong> 1515 14th Ave #C2, Oakland, CA 94602<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Street
\nPhone:<\/strong> 510-421-7867
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> No | Site<\/a>
\nThis place is small, has no online presence, and doesn’t give much info about anything, but it is there, and open late.\n<\/div>\n\nNug Oakland<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Debit Card
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> Yes
\nDelivery:<\/strong> Yes
\nAddress:<\/strong> 1600 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Street
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 224-2125
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nAnother business trying to use race for some reason. “California’s First Asian Owned Equity Dispensary”. More unfair advantages. I immediately reject the idea of using race for anything so I have not gone here personally but you can tell from reviews online that many people are not happy with this location due to rude staff and defective products they do not stand by.\n<\/div>\n\nRoot’d In The 510<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash or card with $4 fee
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> No
\nDelivery:<\/strong> No
\nAddress:<\/strong> 4444 Telegraph Ave Oakland, CA 94609<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Very small lot, subject to crime<\/a>
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 488-1148
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nHere we go again, the ever so rare “black owned” dispensary. I mean if half of them are boasting this, how is it so rare? Just shut up already and be normal like everyone else.\n<\/div>\n\nCookies<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash, Debit & Credit Cards
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> No
\nDelivery:<\/strong> No
\nAddress:<\/strong> 1776 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Street
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 409-8637
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nThis one wants you to know it is ” Latinx women owned”. Important stuff, right? The funny thing is the “owner” who replies on Google Reviews is named Adam. But just reading the word on the street, this is not the place to go if you’re already downtown. Many other options in the area.\n<\/div>\n\nKanna Oakland<\/h2>\n
\nPayment Methods:<\/strong> Cash, Debit and Credit Card
\nRewards Program:<\/strong> No
\nDelivery:<\/strong> Yes
\nAddress:<\/strong> 2019 MacArthur Blvd Oakland, CA 94602<\/a>
\nParking:<\/strong> Street
\nPhone:<\/strong> (510) 220-1557
\nOrder Online:<\/strong> Yes | Site<\/a>
\nSelf-proclaimed boasting “Black Owned” cannabis club. On their website, they say “Crowd LGBTQ+ friendly Transgender safespace” whatever the hell that means when talking about a weed store. I wish it was still the record store we used to walk to to buy the newest Too $hort tapes back in the 90s.\n<\/div>\nAdditional Oakland Marijuana Information<\/h2>\n
Oakland Recreational Marijuana Taxe Rate<\/h3>\n
\nOakland City Taxes 5%
\nState Sales and Use Tax 10.25%<\/p>\nCity of Oakland Promotes Discrimination Against Whites<\/h3>\n
Closed Down Dispensaries<\/h3>\n
Mary Jane Rose<\/h4>\n
Purple Heart Patient Center<\/h4>\n
Magnolia Wellness<\/h4>\n
Oakland Organics<\/h4>\n
\nLike what, those armed thugs can’t use Google or Yelp? Your establishment is so secret? I guarantee it was your customers that robbed you. I mean am I to blame for you getting robbed for having you on this list? Just another case of deflecting blame and being scared to say who the real criminals are.<\/p>\nWho is Robbing Oakland Cannabis Clubs?<\/h2>\n
Oaksterdam<\/h3>\n
\nIn fact, recently the Federal Government has encroached on Harborside and the City of Oakland is suing the U.S. Government<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nIn 2006 Oakland became home to Harborside Health Center, which is now the nation’s biggest weed dispensary with over 108,000 patients. The co-founder, Stephen DeAngelo claims to have personally taken hundreds of millions of dollars from street gangs and drug cartels via his legal tax-paying, job supplying marijuana operation. On the other hand Oakland Police claim to have lowered drug sales themselves. Either way, since drug sales and illegal incomes have been taken from the streets of Oakland, violent crime rates<\/a> have gone up.
\nIn 2007 Oaksterdamn became home to Americas first Cannabis University<\/a> or “weed college”. However the feds have raided and shut the weed school down which is a sad point in the forward movement of legalizing marijuana.
\nIn 2009 Oakland was the first US City to tax Medical Marijuana<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nMeanwhile, the state of California is bringing in about $100 million a year in taxes from the billion-dollar medical marijuana industry.<\/p>\nIllegal Grow Operations Ruining California Environment<\/h3>\n
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