CANNABIS GUIDE 2022
Dispensary Directory Over 21 in Santa Fe? Grab your place in line Abide Wellness Located in the La Tienda shopping center in Eldorado, Abide Wellness holds Santa Fe County’s newest retail license. Owner Ben Snelgrove—who moved to Santa Fe from Alabama with his wife Heather Little a decade ago—has sold CBD products out of the shop since 2020. He plans to have a few THC products on the shelves at the outset of recreational sales. “Most of my regular clients have been very excited,” Snelgrove says. “They’ve been rooting for me to get my approval.” abidewellnessnm.com 7 Caliente Road, Ste. A9, (505) 372-7610
Best Daze Until about a month ago, Best Daze was the only licensed dispensary on Airport Road. Father and son Len and EIi Goodman opened the shop in 2018. In that short time, it has made an impact on the surrounding community. “It’s like the neighborhood dispensary,” manager and born-and-raised Southside resident Andrea Lozano told SFR. “Everyone goes to it. Everyone. I’ll go to smoke with my cousins down the road and there’s a Best Daze bag.” Len says the location was critically important, in part because it ties into one of his reasons for getting into the industry over a decade ago: helping low-income people access medicine. bestdaze.com 4641 Airport Road; 820 Mercer St. (505) 585-4937
CG: Cannabis. Good. You might know this company as CG Corrigan, even though it changed its name in 2018, which also happens to be the year it came to Santa Fe, setting up on Early Street, an area that’s home to a
few other well-known dispensaries. It has other stores in Albuquerque, Placitas and Los Lunas. With $8 and $9 grams on the menu, CG offers quality flower at a great price. The company also advertises a free gram for first-time patients and guidance from knowledgeable budtenders.
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cgoodinc.com 802 Early St. (505) 695-1162
CannaBliss Madrid is set to get its first dispensary with the state licensing of CannaBliss last month. CEO Cid Isbell tells SFR he got into the business in part because he “believes in the medicinal and spiritual qualities of the plant.” The store currently sells CBD products, but won’t be offering cannabis on the first day of recreational sales because Isbell has yet to get approval from Santa Fe County. He submitted all required documentation in mid-March and the approval process could take up to 30 days. cannabliss-nm.com 2883 NM-14, Madrid (505) 216-0616
Endo Family- and locally-owned cannabis company Endo is an industry newcomer that got a retail license from the state about a week and a half ago and plans to open in May. The name is a nod to 1990s hip-hop culture, referring to high-quality cannabis grown indoors, says Ian Aarons, the company’s managing director. Aarons started thinking about getting into the industry about five years ago, when he got a personal production license to grow cannabis for a family friend who was diagnosed with cancer.
CG: Cannabis. Good.
in Albuquerque and others in Los Lunas and Las Cruces. The company opened its first dispensary in Santa Fe just last week, but it’s been looking to set up in the city since its early days, CEO Trishelle Kirk tells SFR. Kirk points to Santa Fe’s culture, strong sense of community and position as a tourism hub as the big reasons for Everest’s interest. everestnm.com 3963 Cerrillos Road, Ste. B (505) 416-5199
newmexendo.com, 2903 Agua Fría St.
itself apart through a promise that its cannabis grows entirely outdoors. Indoor grow operations’ energy use has been a heated topic of discussion nationwide as more states move toward legalization, with lighting rigs, air conditioning systems and other features making for an energy-intensive industry. Fruit of the Earth, meanwhile, says sustainability is one of its top priorities. It also boasts a lack of third-party investors and lots of organic CBD products. fruitoftheearthorganics.com 901 Early St. (505) 310-7917
Everest Cannabis Co.
Fruit of the Earth Organics
Established in 2016, Everest Cannabis Co. is rapidly expanding, with multiple locations
The winner of SFR’s Best of Santa Fe 2021 in the cannabis dispensary category sets
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