Looking for basic tourism information to the world’s best cannabis cities? Look no further — GreenState has produced a series of marijuana tourism city guides combining the best of insider knowledge with accessibility to visitors. Read on for legal marijuana tourism information about the law, shopping best bets, and new experiences.
SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco is leading the modern cannabis world with fully licensed adult use cannabis lounges, a plethora of shopping options and new experiences being announced every week. Dig in to ‘the city that knows how’.
San Francisco Retail Store Map
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Laws: What are California’s cannabis laws?
Etiquette: Advice: Smoking in public the right and wrong way
Events: Curated cannabis events listings
Shopping Tips: Shopping tips for all cannabis skill levels
Marijuana prices: How much will cannabis cost under California’s legal marijuana taxes?
Best Bets of San Francisco via GreenState Awards 2018:
- Best Lounge in California — Barbary Coast
- Best Lounge in Northern California – Harvest
- Best Rewards Program – SPARC
- Best New Dispensary – The Apothecarium – Marina
- Excellence in Experiences – Bloom Room lounge; Urtban Pharm Lounge; The Apothecarium; Ganja Yoga
- Excellence in Products – Butterbrand; Gold Seal; Fish Tanks;
- Excellence in Services: Harvest
Fun Facts:
- San Francisco has one-upped Amsterdam with public lounges
- San Francisco’s first cannabis tour are now rolling
- A posh five-star spa in San Francisco gets hip to CBD massages
OAKLAND + EAST BAY
Oakland and the greater East Bay do more than tolerate legal cannabis, they celebrate it with shopping options and experiences galore. Check it out!
Oakland and East Bay Retail Store Map
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Laws: What are California’s cannabis laws?
Etiquette: Advice: Smoking in public the right and wrong way
Events: Curated cannabis events listings
Shopping Tips: Shopping tips for all cannabis skill levels
Marijuana prices: How much will cannabis cost under California’s legal marijuana taxes?
Best Bets of Oakland via GreenState Awards 2018:
- Best Dispensary in California — Harborside
- Best Northern California Dispensary – Berkeley Patients Group
- Best Cannabis City – Berkeley
- Best Delivery — C.R.A.F.T. Oakland
- Best Clinic – Dr. Frank Lucido
- Best Edibles Producer — KIVA Confections
- Best Activity — Puff, Pass and Paint
- Excellent Delivery — 4&20 Blackbirds
- Delivery — Irie Care Collective
Fun Facts:
- Oakland has one of California’s leading cannabis art classes.
- Bay Area seniors have their cannabis clubs and community in the East Bay
- The concept of clean cannabis came from Berkeley.
- California’s most impressive cannabis chocolate factory is in industrial Oakland.
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