Medical Cannabis Caregivers

The MCC originally started as a dual directory, a Medical Cannabis Directory of physicians who provided cannabis approvals and a directory that allowed patients to search by ZIP code to find a physician or a medical cannabis dispensary.

Medical Cannabis Caregivers (MCC) was founded with the support of the California National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (CANORML).

By 2009, MCC had established an extensive curriculum designed to support physicians, patients, caregivers, cultivators, and others involved in California’s medical cannabis community.

• Physician Orientation

  MCC’s first class taught physicians how to approve a patient’s medicinal use of cannabis in compliance with Medical Board of California guidelines.

• Patient Cultivation Workshop

  MCC established and operated a safe, supervised cultivation workshop where qualified patients could cultivate the six cannabis plants authorized by California regulations. MCC provided instruction, equipment, and continuing cultivation support.

• Regulatory Education

  MCC developed some of California’s earliest medical cannabis compliance and best-practices classes covering Senate Bill 420, California’s Medical Marijuana Program, and later the Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA).

• Clean Green Certification

  MCC worked with Chris Van Hook to promote the Clean Green Certification Program for medical cannabis cultivators, encouraging clean and environmentally responsible cultivation practices.

• Extraction and Product Formulation

  MCC taught and demonstrated cannabis extraction methods, including alcohol extraction and supercritical CO₂ extraction.

• Product Packaging and Labeling

  MCC developed cannabis product packaging, dosing information, and labeling designed to meet applicable packaging and labeling guidelines before comprehensive cannabis-specific labeling regulations existed.

• Physician-Approval Software

  MCC developed software designed for physicians to document and manage patient approvals for the medicinal use of cannabis.

MCC was approved to teach SB 420 and California’s Medical Marijuana Program under the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Continuing Education Program for residential care facility licensees and administrators.

The Landmark Research Collective, a nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation established pursuant to SB 420, was created to provide cannabis products for patients in state-licensed health care facilities.

The collective also served as a clinical training component of MCC’s Practitioner Program.

Since 2012, MCC has been represented on the Advisory Board for the federally funded study Cannabis, Health, and Young Adults in Los Angeles County (CHAYA Study).

Working with renowned cannabis breeder DJ Short, MCC produced strain-specific oral cannabis drops using the Blueberry strain.

The project sought to standardize the strain’s cannabinoid profile for consistent patient use and outcome tracking.

MCC established the Medical Cannabis Information and Resource Center at 2923 West Charleston Boulevard in the Las Vegas Medical District.

Elevate, a Las Vegas publication covering cannabis news, featured MCC.

MCC pioneered the use of telemedicine to facilitate physicians’ approval of patients’ medicinal use of cannabis, particularly for patients who were non-ambulatory or otherwise unable to visit a physician’s office.

Learn more about current medicinal cannabis guidance from the Medical Board of California.

MCC assisted investors in establishing and operating Medical Cannabis Information and Resource Centers in Palm Springs, Las Vegas, and Oklahoma City.

The Oklahoma Information and Resource Center appeared on the cover of Oklahoma Magazine and was featured by CBS News.

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MCC developed and directed professional training for Medical Cannabis Practitioners, providing patient education, consultations, safety guidance, documentation, and outcome tracking.

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MCC was approved to teach California’s Medicinal and Adult-Use Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MAUCRSA) under the CDSS Continuing Education Program for residential care facility licensees and administrators.