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The Booths
As I entered the fairgrounds it was impossible to miss the first, and probably the largest, booth for medical cannabis recommendations. Price was $100 for a consult, with a doctor, and a document that would get you into the Prop 215 only area. After the Dr. tent was a row of businesses that did not actually touch cannabis. Organizations like Weed 4 Warriors as well as glass blowers, artists and apparel were found here.
In order to get into the Prop 215 area you had to go to a secondary location, where your recommendation and identification were checked. If you were cleared to go into the Prop 215 section then you were given a wristband and each person, who passed through the gates to the medicated area, had their wristband checked. I have to admit that I was fairly impressed with the steps, being taken, to assure that only qualified patients had access to the medicated area.
Hundreds of booths displayed product, information about thc & cbd, dab bars and even a giant hookah. Some were basic with little signage and packaging. However, some looked as if professional staging has been a part of their set up. Beautiful white leather couches, colorful umbrellas hanging from above, samples of topicals, bottles of CBD Water and dabs as far as the eye could see. Overall, I was happy to see that most of the booths represented brands with the intent to “go legal” or obtain their State Licensing; apparent by the packaging, logos and overall professionalism of these brands.