California: Marijuana Farmers Market Opening In LA, But Not World's First

By Steve Elliott
Hemp News

A medical marijuana farmers market is opening this Independence Day weekend in Los Angeles. It’s being billed the “world’s first marijuana farmers market” by clueless reporters, but of course anybody with an ability to fact check knows the world’s first happened three years ago, in Washington state, which now hosts at least half a dozen of them.

The California Heritage Market says it wants to foster a better relationship between medical marijuana patients and growers. “We’re hoping that the California Heritage Market can bridge this gap and provide a new and affordable experience for those who need safe access they can trust,” said executive administrator Paizley Bradbury.

“It’s going to be so much easier for patients to get their medicine at a more affordable rate, and something that they can trust,” Bradbury told TIME Magazine’s Giri Nathan. “They can say ‘How did you grow this? Is it organic? What kind of nutrients did you use? What kind of strain is this?’ There’s just so much more behind it.”

The market is scheduled to take place July 4-6 between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. in East Los Angeles at the new West Coast Collective dispensary at 1500 Esperanza Street. It plans to open every weekend, provided it doesn’t encounter any legal obstacles.

“With this industry, you just never really know how things are going to turn out until after you do it,” Bradbury said.

The market was billed as “the world’s first” by both the vacuous The Hollywood Reporter and clueless Breitbart.com reporter Adelle Nazarian; a cursory fact check would have revealed that the world’s first cannabis market occurred in 2011 in Seattle, and was covered by this reporter. At least Reason.com reporter Scott Shackford got it right: “what is being called the first medical marijuana farmer’s market in Los Angeles” is a lot more accurate.

Washington state now hosts multiple medical marijuana farmers markets, including the booming NW Farmers Market, with two locations. Phoenix, Arizona, also hosted a marijuana farmers market almost two years ago.

Photo: East Valley Tribune

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California: Marijuana Farmers Market Opening In LA, But Not World's First