Supporting Legal Dispensaries like Anacostia Organics is the Community Thing To Do

Not to sound like a broken record, but The Advoc8te encourages the public to patronize only legal and licensed dispensaries such as Anacostia Organics, located next door to the now-closed Nomad Smoke Shop. AO is a black woman-owned small business that employs east of the river residents and provides an essential service to the community. The Advoc8te has been a loyal customer for years. Medicinal cannabis has been a great help in treating my chronic insomnia and supplying pain relief for my many past orthopedic issues. Also, gummies are fantastic when watching reality TV but never when writing blog posts (although I suspect they would be hysterical).

In my opinion, medical-grade cannabis products from licensed dispensaries are a much better alternative to opioids. Besides the potential for opioid addiction, some people (like me) experience terrible side effects from taking opioids. Don't even get me started on the suspicious and untested stuff sold on the streets or in unlicensed and illegal shops like Nomad. Past closures of illegal DC shops have uncovered that most, if not all, of them sold weed laced with dangerous substances such as meth, cocaine, PCP, etc. These illegal and untested products are not cheaper; they are more dangerous.

So please stop by Anacostia Organics today. You can get a free medical marijuana card at the store and start shopping immediately - no doctor's recommendation is needed. You can begin benefiting from cannabinoid products right away, like CBD. Go now; don't delay. If you want successful small businesses in the community, you must fully support them in the community.

The Advoc8te encourages the public only to patronize legal and licensed dispensaries such as Anacostia Organics, located next door to the now-closed Nomad Smoke Shop, where cocaine and meth were found on-site along with other illegal items. Supporting these illicit establishments hurts the community because consumers have no idea what they are buying and are inadvertently financing illegal and dangerous activities.