December 20, 2020
I have been to Green Genie approximately seven times over the last roughly year and a half. It was the first dispensary I went to. In that time, I've had experiences with excellent bud tenders to bud tenders that knew far less than I did about the medication.
Last year (2019), after getting my card I went in three times, and was quite satisfied with their products. The concentrates were clear and packaged/labeled professionally, the buds had clear trichomes, were sticky, and burned evenly.
This year (2020), thanks to isolation precautions, I have only been in twice. Both times there had been a plummeting quality to the products.
In January of this year, I purchased two collections of flower, each a 1/4 oz, as well as three other strains ranging from 1g to an 1/8th. In EVERY ONE of them, it appeared that the buds had been processed to remove the most external trichomes/kief (anything exposed by the bud size, which was generally smaller than the previous year, indicating they'd also been broken up before this was done). In the case of both of the 1/4s, it appeared that they not only had been rolled for kief, but in the process the flower had been subjected to extreme cold (likely dry ice for optimal kief extraction). They had no stickiness left on the surface AT ALL. They also burned incredibly hot because of the maltreatment damaging the cell walls.
The same was true of lesser quantities of bud I bought later in the year (a full 1/8th, as well as three other strains where I got 2g each).
Which means that, because they raised prices because of "demand during the health crisis", I was paying MUCH higher prices than last year for MASSIVELY reduced-potency medication.
In addition to this, early this year (starting with my Jan 2020 visit, I believe), they have you sign a waiver saying, "I understand and accept that none of these products have been tested for basically ANY contaminants" (listing possibly 20 of them that were not tested for).
And, of course, this was a massive release that allowed them to pawn off whatever low-grade cannabis they could get away with selling to people.
In addition to stealing the potency, out of about an ounce of purchased bud this year, nearly half of it had to be thrown out because of significant mold - obvious by smell, or by taste the first time it was tried. It had to be thrown out because mold toxins cause severe health problems and brain damage and can't be eliminated once they set in to the plant material.
On top of this, in 2019, "DK's", the company that HAD been producing their "RSO" was professional (though it was never actual RSO, as RSO is 1:1 THC:CBD, and their old brand was over 47:1 THC:CBD). The old brand, DK's, listed the mg of THC and the mg of CBD on the label. So, when mixed with a measured amount of MCT oil to make dosing easier, one knew EXACTLY how many mg of each one was getting. And it produced a dark brown liquid once diluted this way.
In 2020, "Psi Labs", the company now producing the "RSO" Green Genie sells, looked to have been made in someone's garage. The label was printed on a standard inkjet printer - NOT professionally printed. In addition, it said, "784mg" but not WHAT that 784mg was! That could be 784mg of FILLER for all someone purchasing it knows! Because there was no details on what was present, there was also no guarantee - or ABILITY - to make sure that medication dosing was accurate. In addition, when mixed with the exact same amount of MCT oil to make dosing easier as had been done with the "DK's" brand, it produced a much lighter brown liquid (suggesting it was far less concentrated, therefore weaker).
I do not, under any circumstances, recommend people buy anything at all from Green Genie. They do not have their clients - or their clients' HEALTH - in mind. They appear to only have profit in mind.