Palm Springs Safe Access

Specialties

Palm Springs Safe Access, Inc., a California mutual benefit corporation, is a not-​for-​profit medical cannabis dispensary offering a modern, sophisticated environment for qualified patients to access affordable, high-​quality, safety-​tested medicine. On the cutting edge of science and technology, PSSA employs operational best practices to ensure a positive and comfortable experience for patients.

History

Established in 2014.

Our Story

Palm Springs Safe Access, Inc. has taken some side streets and detours on our journey, but we can finally celebrate being back on the highway to realizing our goal of providing a world-​class dispensary for a world-​class city!

From mandatory lab testing to informed public advocacy, the PSSA team has always been at the forefront of medical cannabis technology and politics, exploring innovative ways to provide qualified patients with safe and lawful access to high-​quality medicine.

We first opened our doors in beautiful Palm Springs in early March, 2012, as the PS Safe Access Cooperative. We launched our operation under California state law provisions — but without a permit from the City of Palm Springs.

When, just a few months later, the City Council adopted an ordinance that significantly constrained the operation of unpermitted medical cannabis dispensaries, the Cooperative immediately recognized the will of the political establishment and voluntary shut its doors as a n

Meet the Business Owner

Robert V.

Business Owner

After witnessing the positive affects of medical cannabis for a friend suffering from HIV/​AIDS the obvious medicinal properties of cannabis were undeniable for Robert Van Roo. A couple years later Robert personally became a passionate advocate of medical cannabis when a long-​standing back injury left him bed-​ridden with polyneuropathy affecting his extremities. Topical CBD extracts paired with yoga liberated Robert from his pain –removing the need for toxic and potentially addictive conventional pharmaceuticals.

Naturally, he developed a deep respect for the therapeutic effects of medical cannabis, and he began to learn more about the broad range of medical cannabis products. Starting in 2008, Mr. Van Roo shifted his career path from photography and tirelessly worked in every facet and capacity in the California medical cannabis industry to learn as much as possible and is now the President and Co-​Founder of Palm Springs Safe Access, Inc. (PSSA), a licensed dispensary in Palm Springs.