SB-34 California Compassionate Cannabis Donation Program
CURIOUS ABOUT SB34?
SB-34, The Dennis Peron and Brownie Mary Act, named after two pioneers of medical cannabis access, was the community-driven response to revive compassionate cannabis donations. California state Senate Bill 34 creates a legal pathway by which licensed cannabis companies can donate legal and tested products to eligible patients.
OUR MISSION
Los Angeles NORML’s mission is to bring the legal cannabis industry, non-profit partners, and the community together to provide medicine, fellowship and charitable services to patients in need.
BY THE NUMBERS
WHO ARE WE HELPING?
Who is your passion? Los Angeles NORML will support YOUR passion. We will build a compassionate care program for you and help identify supply chain partners who are willing to support your passion.
Veterans
Terminally Ill
Elderly
Mental Health
How SB34 works for you
While SB-34 does not create any tax incentives, it does reduce the cost by excusing certain state taxes (cultivation, use, and excise) depending on the license type. Properly coordinated across the supply chain, SB-34 donations can be delivered to patients with a relatively low shared labor and material cost.
As a licensed California cannabis company, you are in the unique position of being able to legally give away life-sustaining medicine to people, many of whom suffer greatly for lack of access or the means to afford legal cannabis.
Compassion is your corporate social responsibility: Only legal operators can provide SB-34 cannabis donations.
Further the normalization of cannabis as both an adult-use substance and medicine
Utilize California SB34 as a legal pathway to donate products and establish regular community outreach events
All license types can tag donated products as SB34 in METRC
Eliminate remediation or retesting costs by donating products with short shelf life.
Engage your supply chain partners on a common mission of compassion and create content for promotional purposes.
Educate new market segments generate product awareness for brands targeting those new markets.
Bring compassion, love, and medicine to those most in need in your community.
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE...
Cultivators & Manufacturers
Retailers (storefront and delivery)
Distributors
Testing labs
Brands
Ancillary Businesses
(Legal, Tech, Admin, etc.)
Learn more about SB34
Legal Notice: Consult the letter of the law and current guidance from the California Bureau of Cannabis Control (BCC), Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA), and track-and-trace platform METRC.