Table 3.
Agreement between Dispensary Category Licensed by BCC, Dispensary Category Posted on Online Crowdsourcing Platforms, and Dispensary Category Stated in Call Verification in the 630 BCC Licensed Dispensaries
| BCC Licensing Directory #(%) |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recreational Only |
Medical Only |
Recreational & Medical |
Missing (no category information) |
Total | |
| Weedmaps | |||||
| Recreational Only | 10 (1.54) | 0 (.00) | 57 (9.05) | 0 (0) | 67 (10.63) |
| Medical Only | 2 (.32) | 29 (4.60) | 26 (4.13) | 2 (.32) | 59 (9.37) |
| Recreational & Medical | 3 (.48) | 2 (.32) | 231 (36.67) | 4 (.63) | 240 (38.10) |
| Missing (not on Weedmaps) | 18 (2.86) | 40 (6.35) | 200 (31.75) | 6 (.95) | 264 (41.90) |
| Total | 33 (5.24) | 71 (11.27) | 514 (81.59) | 12 (1.90) | 630 |
| Leafly | |||||
| Recreational Only | 10 (1.54) | 0 (0) | 78 (12.38) | 0 (0) | 88 (13.97) |
| Medical Only | 1 (.16) | 27 (4.29) | 30 (4.76) | 2 (.32) | 60 (9.52) |
| Recreational & Medical | 6 (.95) | 4 (.63) | 249 (39.52) | 4 (.63) | 263 (41.75) |
| Missing (not on Leafly) | 16 (2.54) | 40 (6.35) | 157 (24.92) | 6 (.95) | 219 (34.76) |
| Total | 33 (5.24) | 71 (11.27) | 514 (81.59) | 12 (1.90) | 630 |
| Call-verified, Combined Database | |||||
| Recreational Only | 15 (2.38) | 1 (.16) | 34 (5.40) | 0 (0) | 50 (7.94) |
| Medical Only | 0 (0) | 29 (4.60) | 4 (.63) | 2 (.32) | 35 (5.56) |
| Recreational & Medical | 7 (1.11) | 9 (1.43) | 380 (60.32) | 4 (.63) | 400 (63.49) |
| Missing (not on call-verified database) | 11 (1.75) | 32 (5.08) | 96 (15.24) | 6 (.95) | 145 (23.02) |
| Total | 33 (5.24) | 71 (11.27) | 514 (81.59) | 12 (1.90) | 630 |
Notes: 95% Confidence Intervals are reported in parentheses. BCC: California Bureau of Cannabis Control. Yelp provided no standardized information on dispensary category.