// Definition
The original name for cannabis dispensaries in North America, emphasizing their roots in patient care and community compassion rather than commercial retail. Operated as community organizations providing cannabis to patients before legalization.
// From the Episode
ATN emphasized compassion clubs showed 'compassion, love, care' and gave away cannabis to ~250 patients per week. In Canada, they largely folded after recreational legalization when the medical model was undercut by easier retail access.