Boycott: Harbor Side Medical Cannabis Club 1840 Embarcadero St.
Oakland, CA 94606
As of current date Harbor Side does not want more than Oakland's current 4 Medical Cannabis Clubs... Help Oaksterdam News cut the tape by voting YES!!!
Oaksterdam is the popular name of the once-blighted area of Oakland
between downtown and Lake Merritt that was revitalized by Cannabis
businesses in the late 90s. With nightclubs and sidewalk cafes openi
Where to eat in O?dam Many visitors find themselves in Oaksterdam to run an errand or shop
during their lunch hour or on the way home after work. But that doesn’t
mean you need to miss a meal.
Dozens of small restaurants dot the streets and
neighbo... Read More >>
Cannabis Pioneer
Jack London, Oakland?s Cannabis Pioneer Few Oaklanders are aware that their city has been on the cutting edge of cannabis culture since long before the days of Oaksterdam. In fact, a hundred years ago, the city’s most famous native son, Jack London, became the first West Coast writer to d ... Read More >>
Greetings
Welcome to Oaksterdam! Oaksterdam News wants to introduce shoppers, tourists, working people,
visitors, and cannabis consumers across the state to this emerging arts
and entertainment district of Oakland.
Between Downtown and scenic Lake Merrit lies a
ca ... Read More >>
Take a walk
An O?dam stroll The map on the Oaksterdam guide page shows highlights and historic sights of the area, so refer to it for landmarks.
Starting at City Hall, head East on 14th to Broadway and turn North. At the end of the block you see the towering Cathedral Building at t ... Read More >>
Retrograde messaging
Oaksterdam?s Retrograde Message Those enduring buildings in the historic center of Oaksterdam were built in our grandparents’ era, a time when medical marijuana could be ordered at any pharmacy. That is the history and the future encapsulated into one dream of safe access and soci ... Read More >>
Political News
Federal Court
US Supreme Court hears medical marijuana case With Chief Justice Rehnquist unable to attend due to cancer,
eight US Supreme Court Justices heard oral arguments Nov. 29 in
Ashcroft v. Raich. The ruling will affect thousands of patients but it
will not change state laws protecting medical marijuana. ... Read More >>
Cannabis Regulation
Voter Landslide Creates Cannabis Regulation Ordinance City Measure Z rejects Drug War, changes marijuana policy, mandates
law enforcement tolerance, and calls for legal, taxed and regulated
sales to adults
Oakland voters made an historic turn of the page
against Bush’s Drug War N ... Read More >>
All nine candidates for Oakland's Dist. 2 City Council seat came out in favor of taxing and regulating sales of marijuana to adults during a Mar. 4 debate cablecast from City Hall. With the ... Read More >>
Bad ordinance
Council to reconsider bad ordinance When Councilman Ignacio De la Fuente pushed City Council last
summer to close most of the medical marijuana dispensaries and disperse the remaining four, opponents of the plan got a promise that the ordinance would be revisited in six months.
&nb ... Read More >>
Industrial Hemp
Leno introduces new hemp bill AB 1147 calls for low-THC hemp farming
Assemblyman Mark Leno (SF) stood by a photo of Canadian hemp Feb. 23 to announce his new industrial hemp bill in the California legislature. Members of the Hemp Industries Association (HIA) and VoteHemp also spoke a ... Read More >>
News Briefs Black legislators seek Drug War reforms
The National Black Caucus of State Legislators passed a resolution at
its annual meeting in Philadelphia, PA, condemning the Drug War while
supporting repeal of mandatory minimum sentences and treatment for
nonv ... Read More >>
Volume 1 
The Men's Wearhouse George Zimmer
