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Kanna Dispensary

Kanna Dispensary

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Started by Patti O'Brien 8 years, 6 months ago

VISION + MISSION

Kanna was founded to promote the use of medical cannabis while educating patients about herbal healing as a safe alternative to over-the-counter and doctor prescribed medications. By drawing on the medical knowledge, industry experience, and professional expertise of our dedicated team, we remain committed to the responsible introduction of plant-based medicines into the cannabis industry.

Our team has strong Oakland roots, a passion for community service, and insatiable drive for sharing the medical benefits of cannabis with our patients, families, and neighbors. As a pillar of the business endeavors for the company, Kanna will lead by example as a positive force for change for our community, our city, and our industry.

Kannas vision is to work in partnership with our community and business partners to develop a thriving dispensary center where patients can access high-quality cannabinoid medication, discuss product selection, and determine personalized methods of administration with a professional, experienced staff who are able to serve their needs.

The mission we achieve to meet is largely accomplished by engaging individuals to promote well-being through the therapeutic properties of cannabinoids and cannabis products. We are active members within the community providing service programs for our patients and neighbors, as well as planning to host on site workshops, seminars, and wellness programs. Furthermore, Kanna will contribute to community wellness through additional non-profit contributions, affordable housing, and living wage job opportunities for local Oakland residents and area natives.

SCOPE OF OPPORTUNITIES

The Oakland Opportunity

Equity Applicants + Incubator Partnerships

The Oakland Equity Permit Program allows for Kanna to partner with Oakland natives who have been adversely affected by the War on Drugs, promoting business ownership options for those individuals. Since the release of the report from the Department of Race and Equity, we have crafted our mission to include incubation efforts and support systems for the Equity Permit Program being implemented by the City of Oakland in 2018.

Financial Benefits for Local Entities

The company will provide community support in many ways, not the least of which will be revenues from sales, property, and use taxes, non-profit donations, affordable housing project implementation, employment opportunities, and neighborhood beautification projects.

Good People = Good Business

Establishing local hiring practices, promoting leadership programs, and serving the need for living wage opportunities in the local jobs market are all cornerstone issues for our Human Resources team. Our company’s leadership incorporates a model with aggressive raise schedules, merit based salaries, employee benefits, and formal industry business training with an emphasis on internal promotion.

JOB CREATION | EQUITY OWNERSHIP

Rooted + Established + Experienced

  • Hiring local residents at living wages within a competitive, growth industry
  • Providing technical training, certification programs, and professional development
  • Promoting leadership for victims of the War on Drugs in Oakland

Kanna Opportunity

Community Medical Cannabis Dispensary

Kanna is a California C- Corporation , Community-based dispensary that hopes to expand the values embedded in Oakland’s Equity Permit Program. Focused on safety, professionalism, medical education, and creating a plan for the future of cannabis in the city, Kanna plans to invest in our community in every way that we can.

Emphasising Cannabis as Medicine

Because our CEO and leading medical visionary has long established professional experience stemming from the nursing field, our company will remain committed to bleeding edge, medical cannabis and cannabinoid research and subsequent application methods and techniques. Additionally, we intend to lead the way by establishing further medical guidelines in partnership with the American Cannabis Nurses Association and other affiliate programs.

Establishing the Gold Standard

By identifying and implementing medical use and professionally guided best industry practices, Kanna intends to lead the market as an industry leader in the City of Oakland by invoking our Gold Standard.

Kanna’s Gold Standard Core Values are built upon:

  • Evidence Based Practices + Holistic Approaches
  • Patient Based Care + Plant Healing
  • Fair Labor Practices + Living Wages
  • Good Neighbor Policy + Community Revitalization
  • Commitment to Transparency + Safety + Compliance

31 Comments

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Alyson Torsone
8 years ago Featured

I am looking forward to hearing more! I live in the Dimond district and my husband does local murals. If you are looking for murals for the dispensary please contact me at 415-819-3372.

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Crystal Thompson
8 years ago Featured

Every community can benefit from a responsible, ethical, and empathetic partnership with a business that grounds itself in people first practices coupled with medical professionalism and methods. Kanna is a perfect coupling of compassion and competence and should be supported by local government at the same level in which it offers to support the members of the community it serves.

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Sharon Bertrand
8 years ago Featured

Time to wake up and do what is right. Stop opiate deaths, cannabis is the exit route.

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Derrick King
8 years ago Featured

This is very important to the community. The medicinal purposes far outweigh, basically what people who have no idea about the true point of the industry represent. This is a no brainer. Support this, not for what most people think(drugs or monetary gain) but for the people suffering and spending a ton of money on a crutch (pharms) who can better themselves and actually live a normal life again.

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Anonymous
8 years ago Featured

Being a breast cancer survivor, CBDs and medical marijuana saved my life post and during treatment!

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Chris Serna
8 years ago Featured

Kanna will be a wonderful addition to the neighborhood. They have shown a commitment to keeping the ‘Medical’ in cannabis and seem to have a plan in place to support their new community. Now I can get my coffee, a baguette, some cannabis and pick up a shirt at Oaklandish in one stop.

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Wesley Rose
8 years ago

I support this effort to help many.

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Virginia Jones
8 years ago

Welcome to Oakland's Fruitvale area!