[1] In December 2011, Harborside Health Center was featured in the Discovery Channel's four-part documentary series, Weed Wars.
[4] In the summer of 2012, Northern District of California U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag filed civil forfeiture actions against the landlords of Harborside Health Center's two locations in an effort to evict the dispensary.
A Superior Court judge dismissed the Oakland eviction, noting that the lease explicitly stated the use of the premises for the distribution of medical marijuana.
The City of Oakland rallied behind Harborside[6] and attempted to join the dispensary in the fight, but a judge overruled their action.
[11] Harborside was the first marijuana organization to broadcast the administration of the non-psychoactive cannabinoid, CBD, to a child afflicted with Dravet syndrome,[3] a rare form of epilepsy ("Weed Wars," Episode 3).