Anacortes White Rhino Collective Garden

About

Anacortes White Rhino Collective Garden is located in Anacortes, Washington and operates as a collective garden for medical marijuana patients as per RCW 69.51A.085. We specialize in the White Rhino strain, which is consistently recommended for medical marijuana patients for its high potency and effective treatment of pain and nausea.

How to Become a Patient

If you have a cannabis recommendation and are in need of medical marijuana, please contact us. After we verify your cannabis recommendation, we can give you a free sample. If you would like to talk with a doctor about obtaining a cannabis recommendation, we can recommend some. Contact us!

Save Our Collective!

We are in need of a new growing space as soon as possible. We are seeking help from anyone in the Anacortes area that has 150 square feet or more of enclosed space for us operate our garden out of. We will also need to install proper ventilation and need three electrical outlets with separate breakers.

As per RCW 69.51A.085 you can be compensated for the use of your space from the members of the collective garden. You do not need a cannabis recommendation to help us! We can make you a legally designated provider and provide all legal paperwork necessary to comply with state law and federal guidelines.

Legal Information

Below is a brief explanation of how our collective garden operates and complies with Washington state law and federal guidelines.

Washing State Law

RCW 69.51A.085 allows medical marijuana patients to participate in collective gardens for supplying their medication. Up to ten patients can pool their resources to cover costs associated with the growing of their medical marijuana. These costs include raw material, labor, rent, electricity, etc. Our collective follows the letter of the law.

Federal Guidelines

Officially, possession or growing of medical marijuana is against federal law. However, in 2009, the Deputy Attorney General, head of all federal prosecution, issued the Ogden Memo which clarified that medical marijuana patients complying with state laws would not be prosecuted by the federal government. Here are the parts of particular importance to collective gardens:

As a general matter, pursuit of these priorities should not focus federal resources in your States on individuals whose actions are in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state laws providing for the medical use of marijuana... or those caregivers in clear and unambiguous compliance with existing state law who provide such individuals with marijuana...

This memo was further clarified in 2011 with another memo from the Attorney General's Office. Again, it reiterated that patient-to-patient collective gardens would not be prosecuted under federal law:

...it is likely not an efficient use of federal resources to focus enforcement efforts on individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses who use marijuana as part of a recommended treatment regimen consistent with applicable state law, or their caregivers. The term "caregiver" as used in the memorandum meant just that: individuals providing care to individuals with cancer or other serious illnesses, not commercial operations cultivating, selling or distributing marijuana.

The federal government has stated and restated that collective gardens such as ours will not be prosecuted under federal law. They are interested in the large growing operations and mega stores, like in California. The memo in 2011 clarified that the federal government viewed those as a violation of the law.

As per state law, we are only allows to have ten (10) patients in our collective garden. We presently have seven (7) membership positions open. Contact us to join!

Our Growing Technique

Our collective practices the 'sea of green' growing technique. This is where plants are grown in an assembly line. Two plants are harvested each week and two new clones are made to replace them. This ensures a steady supply of high quality marijuana. It also reduces the threat of theft as there is never more than two or three plants in a harvestable state.

We also use a custom built, computerized watering system. An arduino microcontroller monitors the soil moisture in each plant and controls a small water pump to automatically keep soil moisture at optimal levels. This level of automation allows us to focus our energy on the overall health of the plants and ensure optimal growing conditions.