Reviews of Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana - Fairfax
3.2 (17 reviews)

I have been coming here for years.  The entire staff is friendly and helpful.  The menu is broad in smokables, edibles and topicals and very reasonably priced.  There is a small waiting room with a lively parrot to keep you entertained.  They also will help in scheduling medical evaluations.  Always an easy and pleasant experience.

I have been waiting for others to step forward and speak up about the atrocities happening at this dispensary. This women Lynette Shaw does hide behind her false compassion, which she makes a lot of money from. That is the only reason she has any "compassion" in the first place, because for her, it actually pays. I too have been in this business for 20 plus years and have been familiar with what this women has done in this industry and to this industry. Yes, she has done some good speaking and put up a fight with the government, but it was only to save herself and club that she has been taking money from and stuffing it under her mattress. She does not pay her vendors and because of this, she has burned more bridges than I thought possible within this industry. Because of this, she cannot get a steady supply of decent product on her shelves from anyone unless they're desperate. As others have stated, she would often use law enforcement to her own advantage in "taking out" vendors, to deter them from asking for their money for too long. Lynette Shaw is a crook. I too know of a poor young women in her 20's that helped Lynette out with a large amount of product to help her shop open. The dispensary sold it all and refused to pay the women. Turned out that it was the girls life savings. I cannot believe that a 50 or 60 something year old women would do this to a young women. On top of all that, the products she does stock are very low end, filled with chemicals, molds and so on. STAY AWAY

Welcome Back Marin Alliance and Lynette Shaw! Long considered the founder of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in California, her new shop (at the original location) and dispensary in Fairfax is a real asset to the community.

Product is stored in plastic bags under lights so it's dry and brittle. And it tastes like chemical fertilizer. Also, please refer to the other 1 star review here for further warnings. The one reason to go here may be for edibles, but given the breakdown of business practice in this other 1 star review, I hesitate to even support this place.

For some reason my negative review is being deleted. Not sure how that is, but it's happening. Every time I go to this establishment, I am waiting for a long time to be seen, by the time I am helped, they do not have what I want and the few times that I have gotten product that was supposedly organic, I could taste the chemicals and as a 20 year stoner, I know the differences. I know why their shelves are lacking. They rip off their vendors and no one wants to supply the place, plain and simple. When you don't pay people for your product, word gets around and others don't want to help. Besides that, asking to consign thousands of dollars for two months at a time is crazy. This is a well established dispensary that shouldn't need to have its product consigned. I know all of this from personal experiences. I wish that I could say this is a great dispensary, but the fact of the matter is that it's not. This place has caused me many issues by not paying me thousands as promised for my product. I was ripped off and because of that, many other people in the industry will not help this place. Pay your vendors and you'll be able to get better product and in return, more customers!

Don't go here.  They lie and are not friendly.   I called them and told them specifically what I was coming for and they told me they had it.  Drove all the way there and ........no we don't have it.   What a waste of time.  The guy didn't even apologize.  I will be going to Marin Gardens or Cotati or even SF.  Anywhere but here.   No cool

Lynet Shaw owes many Farmers for Flowers she never paid for. That's just not right! She might be thinking she is actually 'The Godfather"!

LYnette Shaw is the Godmother of medical marijuana in America, California and the rest of the worldWe all owe her sooooo much and Lynette, if you need anything, I got youThis place was the first medical marijuana collective to open in America/California, on my 16th birthday, November 5th 1996 (this is how i remember it at least)My whole family, my life, bombdoggenetics, the whole medical marijuana scene owe you and love you and are sooooo grateful for what a beautiful woman and person you areTHANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH LYNETTEEE!!!!  GODMOTHER!!!  GODMOTHER!!!!  GODMOTHER!!!!This is my NOrcal shop all day everyday and you gotta support this place and all the people behind it and the history behind iti owe you my life and soul, Lynettethank you for changing history, like i'm trying to doAND YASSSSSSD!!!!   IT IS FINALLY RE-OPEN!!!!!  DO WHATEVER YOU GOTTA DO TO SUPPORT THEM AND THE AMAZING COMMUNITY AND BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OF MARIN AND FAIRFAX!!!!!!i just wanted you to know that

5 Stars For Lynette Shaw!I haven't been to her club in over a decade, so I don't know about that, but I do know is...Lynette Shaw is a S-hero and a County Treasure, and a Ganga Goddess.She's been fu&%#  with and abused in ways even the men in industry haven't ever experienced.She's held the Front Line for Decades and if she seems a bit weird, and sometimes she kind of does, just know those are the scars from the battle she fought for us! That woman has trudged the sewers of hell for this cause. I don't know her well, but when her shop first opened, I was on a brutal form of Chemo; her first question to me was always, "How are you-Are you being careful?" Then it was, " Do you have the attorney's number? Make sure you have it...call me if you have a problem." She's hand me a card, then she'd remind me of the laws and tell me how to legally defend myself.I'm proud that we have her in Marin County.Let me just put this in context...In Marin, even when it's legal, marijuana isn't allowed to be dispensed to responsible adults. Try to image what it must have been like for Lynette when it wasn't legal. I mean the voters have spoken, there's a consensus, the social and cultural contract has been amended...yet Marin says no!?!It might even be a good thing that we don't let just anyone sell Marijuana in this county. But Lynette isn't just anyone!

Ms. Gibson, who said she was an owner of this buisiness, was so out of control that I ran away from her.  I was knocking on the door because they had closed 5 minutes early.  I was knocking loudly because I knew the budtender, and he knew me and he liked me.  I thought that if he heard me then he would help me, especially since they closed 5 minutes early.I knocked and the door slammed open and Ms. Gibson came out like a pitbull.  She didn't say "hello"; she just started yelling at me aggressively.  I wasn't trying to fight anyone, I was just trying to knock loud enough so you could hear me.  The door whipped open and Ms. Gibson was screaming at me, not yelling; she was screaming and chasing.  She was in attack mode and I actually was scared enough to go to my car and lock the doors. I was bigger than her, but I don't need any of that drama.I later found out that she's the business owner. WOW!Clearly, I no longer am a customer, but because of this I found out how cheap delivery prices are.  I mean $100 for a decent ounce delivered!  It all worked out.

No good. The least helpful people work here.Very little product choice. Got some pre rolled bones that were just awful.When you call in to see if they have something -they are not willing to help you or to stoned to know what you are  talking about With so many great delivery services in Marin (I  like "The Nice Guys" delivery) why bother - these services are better than a storefront.Move on- Marin Alliance your time in the sun has passed.

Their selection leaves a lot to be desired. Very limited product variety and extremely high prices. If we had any other dispensary in Marin I would recommend it, but we don't- largely because of this establishment and it's politics.

Glad a place like this exists in Marin. Quick, easy, immediate, no wait, no minimum, really nice people! I usually buy pre-rolls - they have a great selection!

Awesome!!!5 starsI had a lot of questions and everyone was very accommodating and helpful. They also had a really great selection of flower and pre-rolls. I'm definitely coming back! Love&Peace

Great local spot go see my boi Pat..Great customer service recommend a great Pre roll .. old school process of funds .. but well wroth it .. definitely will try again

I really can't explain any of the negative reviews for Marin Alliance on Yelp.  Jori greeted us at the door and was fun, courteous and very helpful!  For a small dispensary, there was a nice selection of products that were all very reasonably priced.  I was more than happy with my pre-roll, vape cartridge and infused beverage choices!  I'd highly recommend it's worth checking out!

This is an update for my previous review.I bought several mature cannabis plants/teens from Marin Alliance CBC in the late spring/early summer, and I was very satisfied with the strain selection, low prices, and size and health of the plants.All of my plants grew to be very large, healthy, and beautiful. All have been remarkably pest-resistant compared to other plants I started from clones I got elsewhere. They are all very close to harvest and I can see that my ladies will provide a largish yield of very nice flower.I will try to take some photos and post them later. Bottom line, Marin Alliance CBC is the place to go around here for reasonably priced, high quality mature cannabis plants/teens.