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The Human Collective 2

Collective Name: The Human
Collective 2  

Address: 9220 SW Barbur
Blvd #107, Portland, 97219

Website: humancollective.org

Interviewed: Don Morse–PRF
and Director

 

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Collective Name: The Human Collective 2

Address: 9220 SW Barbur
Blvd #107, Portland, 97219

Website: humancollective.org

Interviewed: Don Morse–PRF
and Director

What’s the story behind the name of your
dispensary?

The
owner just felt that we are a collective of humans helping one another, giving
access to medical marijuana. We rely on patient growers to keep us stocked. Until
recently we never did business with what you would call commercial growers. For
the first three years, it was just small growers bringing in half-a-pound of
this or that, just to make it available for other patients who weren’t
fortunate enough to have the knowledge to grow it for themselves. There was a
Human Collective in Washington County until 2012 when we were raided by the
Washington County Sheriff’s department and wrongfully shut down. When we moved
to our new spot, we changed the name to The Human Collective 2.

What does your dispensary offer patients
that they can’t find anywhere else?

In
this day and age I think you can find almost everything everywhere. But we try
to be a dispensary to offer a good amount of variety from different growers. We
think it’s important that our patients have a good variety to choose from. Not
just with flower, but waxes, concentrates and edibles as well. The majority of
our patients are older, over 50, I would say 80 percent of them. And we want a
place to make them feel at ease and comfortable. So when you come in it is more
like a doctor’s office. You get checked in at the front desk, you then get to
go to the sales room, in a comfortable and zen environment. There is no
pressure, they can come in and ask what they want from our knowledgeable staff.

What are the biggest challenges you face
in this industry as a dispensary? . . . Biggest joys?

 I think it is public acceptance. The
perception that marijuana is “evil” and that people don’t want to work and just
sit on the couch. Whenever we have a legislator come in, they are shocked by
our store not meeting their preconceived ideas of what a stereotypical
dispensary looks like. Congressmen, attorney generals and law enforcement all
say that our store matches what the industry should look like.

What is the most important thing you
hope to accomplish while in the MJ/MMJ community?

I
hope that Human Collective can lead the way as an industry leader. I hope to
continue with the OCBC to influence the legislature to make sure that the
industry develops the way we want it to. That’s the most important thing, to
make this a professional industry. 

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