The Cannabis Trail Landmarks

Travel the Cannabis Trail by visiting these cultural landmarks - modern cannabis travel experiences in Northern California that allow you to experience cannabis culture and learn about pioneers and stories in the fight for legal access to the plant.

Huckleberry Hill Farm, Hemp Connection, Flore Dispensary Castro, Humboldt Cannabis Tours, Plantshop, Harborside Oakland Dispensary, Sol de Mendocino, Area 101, The Bohemian Chemist, Root'd In The 510 Equity Weed Dispensary

• Huckleberry Hill Farm, United States

  
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  The story of Southern Humboldt and Huckleberry Hill Farms is a story of resilience. It is a story of small rural farming communities coming together to support one another during the height of the War on Drugs era. As part of The War on Drugs era, the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting – known as ‘CAMP’ – was mobilized in 1983. CAMP was a task force of over one hundred law enforcement agencies that were dedicated to eradicating the cultivation and trafficking of cannabis in California. At that time, CAMP was the largest law enforcement task force effort in the United States, and southern Humboldt and The Emerald Triangle were the primary targets. In 1985 Operation Emerald Triangle was launched as part of CAMP’s efforts. According to the Humboldt Institute of Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research, the nickname Emerald Triangle was soon widely adopted and used to identify this legacy cannabis region located in northern California. The 1990’s were defined by Operation Green Sweep, another CAMP effort that included a series of historic raids conducted by the U.S. Army soldiers, National Guardsmen, and federal agents. Operation Green Sweep marked the first time in the history of the United States that military force was used against its own citizens in a drug enforcement operation. Due to CAMP efforts, Johnny Casali of Huckleberry Hill Farms served time. In 1992, when Casali was just 24 years old, he was busted for illegal cannabis cultivation and spent the next 17 years of his life in and out of the federal court, prison, and probation systems. His cannabis story is like that of many others in his community who were severely penalized under the mandatory minimum prison sentencing guidelines utilized during the decades-long War on Drugs. Since 1971, the War on Drugs has cost the United States an estimated $1 trillion according to the University of Pennsylvania. By 2015 the federal government spent an estimated $9.2 million daily to incarcerate people charged with drug-related offenses, which equates to more than $3.3 billion annually according to the Center for American Progress. You can visit Huckleberry Hill Farm as part of a farm tour with Humboldt Cannabis Tours based in Eureka (also a Cannabis Trail landmark). About the Farm: Huckleberry Hill Farms started from John Casali’s single-family home between the two small communities of Briceland and Whitethorn in Southern Humboldt County. John grew up on this very piece of property with his mother and stepdad starting in 1968. He grew up learning to uphold the legacy that began with the Back to the Land Movement of the 60s and 70s, that it was utmost important to take care of the land and the environment in which they lived. John grew up following his mother around, growing cannabis, veggies, and tending an orchard from the age of 10. It was their way of life. Devastatingly, In 1992, Johnny was 24 years old, enforcement on the “war on drugs” was heavy, John and his best friend were caught by the feds for cultivating cannabis. Johnny served 17 years fighting for this magical healing plant. The time includes 4 years of court, 8 years of federal prison, followed by 5 years of probation. Present day, Huckleberry Hill Farms was proud to be the fourth existing Farm in Humboldt County to be fully permitted, by the county as well as the state of California. Johnny now shares the farm with his loving girlfriend, Rose Moberly, and their family of farm animals. The two strive to “make a difference” in people’s lives with their farm tours, community outreach, and advocacy to normalize the plant, and its people.

• Hemp Connection in Garberville, United States

  
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  Marie Mills’ life represents a story of bravery, vision, sustainability, and earth stewardship.

• Flore Dispensary Castro in San Francisco, United States

  
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• Humboldt Cannabis Tours in Eureka, United States

  
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  This landmark honors the story of The Hippie Trail and the work of Douglas Fir and Lawrence Ringo in Humboldt.

• Plantshop, United States

  
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  This landmark honors the story of the back-to-the-land movement in Mendocino County.

• Harborside Oakland Dispensary in Oakland, United States

  
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  This landmark honors the story of the visionaries of Harborside in Oakland.

• Sol de Mendocino in Mendocino, United States

  
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  This landmark honors the story of the Constitutional rights, Pebbles Trippet, activism and Sol de Mendocino.

• Area 101, United States

  
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  This landmark honors the story of Area 101, Tim Blake and The Emerald Cup.

• The Bohemian Chemist, United States

  
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  This landmark honors the story of Landrace cultivars, rare cannabinoids, the terroir and cultural cannabis heritage of Anderson Valley, at Sugarhill Farm and The Bohemian Chemist.

• Root'd In The 510 Equity Weed Dispensary in Oakland, United States

  
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  This landmark honors the story of education, equity and community in Oakland at Root’d in the 510.