OC Dispensary emerges as a pioneering force among Orange County’s legal Weedmaps Santa Ana CA, introducing a boutique cannabis experience that transcends traditional norms. Its emphasis on quality, transparency and reducing underage access through stringent identification requirements showcases a responsible approach to the industry and sets it apart from the competition.

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Inside the spacious glass-topped cases crammed with all manner of cannabis flower, concentrates, vaporizer cartridges and edibles, a deep bench of budtenders — at opening, about 250 employees — mops and sweeps the shop floor, allowing customers to take their time in selecting what to buy. A focal point is a massive digital waterfall that fills the wall across from the check-in desk and appears to cascade over an arched portal into the sales floor and onto faux rock outcroppings.

A few feet away, Jake Warsavage, PharmaCann’s general manager of cultivation, slices a cannabis plant from a large bin and hangs it stem-up on one of the many hooks that line racks along the side of a room. Warsavage explains that each plant takes about eight weeks to finish flowering, at which point the buds can be harvested.

While cannabis is becoming increasingly mainstream, it’s still relatively new in Orange County, a region known for sprawling housing tracks and miles of beaches. But as the county’s youngest municipality, Stanton, struggles to bring adult-use retail stores to town, other cities in the county are embracing the industry and looking for ways to maximize tax revenues from it.