058 Medical Cannabis Patient Advocacy with Berkeley Patients Group's Etienne Fontan

Published: Aug. 15, 2019, 5:48 a.m.

b'Berkeley Patients Group is the nation\\u2019s longest running dispensary and a patient advocacy resource for cannabis access and education. \\u201cWe originally started as wanting to provide medical cannabis for patients to not have to wait for government oversight or relief,\\u201d Etienne Fontan, principal of Berkeley Patients Group, says, \\u201cWe saw and found from our own use, the efficacious use of cannabis was available to us. So therefore, we felt it our duty to help others get it and have access to it.\\u201d'