it sounds like maybe things have gotten a little easier out there for medical mj since i was there in 2003. i fully realize the dnagers of pot addiction, tho some will poo poo the idea. it CAN be very addictive. but denying it to those with cancer or whatever is stupid, and putting people in jail for smoking it is equally stupid.
when they very first passed the referrendum all kinds of dist points were set up. then they were almost all of them shut donw by the feds, then they started slowly coming back, in the bay area mostly but also up by mendo. it sounds like they have continued to grow. but the prices at the bay area mj clubs were thru the roof! $100 for a few grams of the primo.