The CDC

One of the bud tenders at CDC gave me really great advice on pain management. I have End Stage Renal Disease, diabetes, heart disease & arthritis in my spine. So, I wanted to share these thoughts and observations for anyone who could use good advice about cannabis generally. A special thanks to Ms. Peyton for all of her help to me! I use “Ms. Peyton” In this review. I will change it to whatever you like. Thank you! RE: Ms. Peyton of CDC Any of you who know me may remember from previous conversations, that I would very much like to hire Ms. Peyton, due both to her professionalism and her charm. Her eloquence is equally refreshing as she often has wonderful recommendations for cannabis that would meet both my recreational and medicinal needs. Because of her advice, my experience with cannabis as a pain management tool would have been impossible, without her. The arthritis in my spine thanks her for that, especially. I have known Ms. Peyton in a professional capacity, as a customer for over one year now. Despite her youth, she maintains a genuine professional decorum while still being a friendly & engaging salesperson, of such quality that I have not seen since my own childhood, (long before written history). While normally I am loathe to write letters of recommendation, or reviews of this type, any assistance that I could provide to her is time well spent. During my tenure as Executive Director of the American Medical Massage Association (AMMA), we took on a number of salespeople to help with the sale of books, videos and massage equipment in our for-profit department. I deeply regret not having known her then. Her ability to apply herself to sales & her strong product knowledge make her a great pleasure to do business with and a joy with whom to converse. If more businesses had salespeople like Ms. Peyton, there would be a lot more millionaires amongst us. Ms. Peyton volunteered excellent cannabis related suggestions a great deal of the time & was quick to offer solutions that had otherwise eluded me. I am healthier and in less pain now, thanks to Ms. Peyton, her vast product knowledge, customer service skills & matters cognate are truly praiseworthy. Ms. Peyton has a great general fund of knowledge. During the time she has been advising me about cannabis, she has conversed with me on such diverse topics as animal behavior, Norse mythology, history, photography, Art & why cats like humans. Nothing insubstantial, both the sale and the conversation keep me coming back to CDC, and I live next door to three much closer cannabis stores. In conclusion, Ms. Peyton’s professionalism has made my cannabis experience, especially as concerns pain management, a much better one. I have enjoyed learning from her and letting her heal my back! So, if you want GREAT CANNABIS experience from an expert, Ms. Peyton of CDC can give you that! I recommend that she be cloned so ALL cannabis shops can have at least one copy of her! Two if they are smart. Thank you. Now Go bring your money to Ms. Peyton and let her get you stoned. Or let her tell you HOW to get stoned. The most important thing for me is that she has re-awakened in me a sense of customer service long lost for decades in many American businesses. She is kind and knowledgeable. One could not ask for a better advisor or salesperson! Thank you.

This place rocks! The waiting outside is not the worst thing ever, the people inside are AMAZING! These people regularly have some kind of great weed on SUPER sale, and the top-shelf selections are INCREDIBLE. Friendly? Seriously? I'm from California and they were even nice to ME!! LOL

I went to the CDC for my first time yesterday. The gentleman at the front, Sam, was super personable and friendly. He got me checked in quickly and he asked me if I would like him to laminate my OMMP card. I found that to be incredibly thoughtful as I've been carrying the paper card around and I haven't had the opportunity to laminate it myself. Plus, I've visited several different shops and nobody has ever offered to help like that, so that experience alone was enough to make me a continued customer. I went during their 5pm - 7pm happy hour for medical patients where they offer 20% off most product, I purchased 2 grams of their cheapest concentrate which was Golden OG BHO. I got a killer deal and walked out with 2 grams for only $48! There are seriously some amazing deals, and they have a loyalty program which is something that Nectar doesn't have. However, once I got home and took a closer look, I was very concerned because the wax had a bad smell similar to rubber, or plastic, not the fruity smell I'm used to with wax. I smoked some anyway, but the taste was even worse than the smell, it was kind of like chewing on a burning car tire. I tried burning it on very low heat with the same results. It was absolutely terrible, I'm not sure if I can stress that enough. I am aware that this type of resulting smell/taste is usually caused during the wax manufacturing process, and I knew that The CDC has a no-returns policy typical of any other weed store, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I called The CDC the next day to explain what was going on. My call was answered by Sam, he remembered me from before and was very empathetic and reassuring that he wanted to help make things right. He put me in touch with one of the managers, Antonio, who was actually the person who had helped me with my purchase the previous night. He explained that this is a very rare problem and encouraged me to bring the wax back in so they can swap it out. They recognized me and made my visit a very comfortable and hassle-free process. They gave me some other wax that is packaged differently and tastes amazing! I am super happy with how everything turned out and I can't recommend them enough!

Absolutely loved being helped by Isaac he was overly helpful not to mention knowledgeable about their product. Currently I'm herb shopping on a budget so I asked to look at multiple lower shelf strains asking tons of questions about the quality, the content and prices for multiple strains etc. Determined to ultimately get the best possible deal I could afford. Most places I've been to would consider me a real pain but Isaac was very patient and gave me quite a bit of one on one customer service attention so to speak even at a really busy time of the day for them. Isaac never showed any indication of frustration and didn't try to rush me at all and seemed genuinely happy to help me. Hands down showed me the greatest customer service I've ever experienced out of many many dispensaries here in PDX. Thanks again Isaac :)