The Boardwalk. The beaches. The redwoods. The weed. Long a hotbed of cannabis and counterculture, Santa Cruz County boasts the largest number of cannabis dispensaries per-capita in the entire state. Each and every type of user—recreational or medicinal—is sure to find exactly what they need at any of the many cannabis retailers right here in…
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Meet Santa Cruz’s Newest Dispensary
Editor’s Note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Santa Cruz Visitors Guide 2019. Read the full publication here. When it comes to cannabis, West Cliff Wellness CEO Tyler Smith is a man ahead of the times. Although West Cliff Wellness just opened April, Smith says he envisioned a dispensary in the old Mr.…
An O.G. Cannabis Enthusiast on New Weed
Editor’s note: This story is part of Good Times’ annual Home & Garden 2019 magazine. Read the full issue here. Let me pull out my razor blade and whittle on this hash block while I tell you whippersnappers about the then and the now of weed. I was born in the deep south—Bakersfield. I started…
Cosmo D Cooks Up Gourmet Edibles
Editor’s note: This story was first published in ‘Dilated Pupil,’ an annual magazine about student culture in Santa Cruz. David Brissenden used to hate edibles. But the chef and owner of local cannabis food company Cosmo D’s Outrageous Edibles has come a long way from the stale weed brownies that first soured him on the…
Medical Cannabis: The Best Cannabis Option
[Sponsored] With recreational cannabis on the horizon, why continue certification as a medical cannabis patient? There are many good reasons. The most obvious is that medical cannabis is less expensive. Recognized medical patients will be exempt from state and local sales taxes. Some communities may increase their cannabis tax revenues by even more than…
