Substance is a community dispensary that provides safe access to recreational and medical marijuana in a judgement-free environment. We strive to interact consciously and thoughtfully with everyone in our community. Substance wants our clients and staff to feel cared for, to be recognized as important members of society, and to leave our facility inspired to be positive ambassadors for cannabis. We are a comfortable, safe, consultative place to access medicine that has been stigmatized and criminalized for ages. Patients have been self-medicating in isolation, feeling guilt and shame, for much of their lives. We intend to change patients’ perception of their own relationship to cannabis, and to change the community’s perspective of this misunderstood plant. We strive to operate in a model that is based upon compassion and legal integrity. Substance operates in strict compliance with the letter and the spirit of Oregon’s medical cannabis laws.