D&M Compassion Center manager Chris Thompson (right) with High Times' legendary grow guru, Jorge Cervantes, congratulating him on the dispensary's winning the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup for best hybrid entry at the second annual Medical Cup in San Francisco on Sunday, June 26. Photo by Skip Stone.

CLEARLAKE, Calif. – D&M Compassion Center, located in Clearlake, won the High Times Medical Cannabis Cup for best hybrid entry at the second annual Medical Cup in San Francisco on Sunday, June 26.

D&M Compassion Center owner Jason Jones said the club won for an exclusive strain it developed from a clone called “OG Kush.”

“It's an all-around strain,” said Jones, explaining that it can be smoked at any time as a pain controller but won't leave patients feeling burned out.

Jones said the dispensary also entered last year with a strain it developed called “Lake County Purple.”

“We didn't win last year but we got a lot of recognition,” he said, adding he thinks that recognition carried over. “A lot of people remembered us when we showed up at the cup this year.”

Lake County Purple is more of a serious pain reliever than OG Kush, he said.

Jones said there is no money attached to the award, “just prestige,” explaining that it lets people know they have the best medicine.

He said the dispensary – one of three operating in the city of Clearlake – has a compassion program in which they give away three pounds of medical marijuana per month to patients who can't afford it.

D&M Compassion Center is located at 14491 Olympic Drive, Clearlake, telephone 707-994-1320 or online, www.dmcompassion.com.