Canna-Centers

What Canna-Centers does

Canna-Centers is a physician-owned medical practice founded in 2008 by Dr. Bonni Goldstein, M.D. and based in Corona, California. The practice provides medical cannabis evaluations, physician recommendations, and personalized treatment plans to California residents with serious and chronic medical conditions, including chronic pain, epilepsy, autoimmune disorders, cancer, gastrointestinal illnesses, sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. It also treats pediatric patients, including those with autism, supported by Dr. Goldstein's published peer-reviewed research on salivary biomarkers. The company operates exclusively via telemedicine appointments (855-411-4420), requires California residency, and restricts intake to adults and pediatric patients on a case-by-case basis.

The core service offering is the physician evaluation and recommendation (a professional-services revenue model with per-consultation fees, not publicly disclosed), supplemented by a HIPAA-compliant 24-hour patient verification system that allows dispensaries to confirm patient status. Adjacent offerings include educational lectures, seminars, and webinars, a YouTube channel, and Dr. Goldstein's published books "Cannabis Revealed" and "Cannabis is Medicine" (Little, Brown Spark, 2020). The practice has no proprietary technology platform; its distribution is direct-to-patient via phone-based scheduling and its brand is built through book authorship, content marketing, and professional speaking at cannabis medicine conferences.

Canna-Centers is a small private medical practice (1-10 employees) operating under California Proposition 215, Senate Bill 420, and the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (AUMA). Dr. Rebecca Samet, M.D. joined in January 2024, expanding the practice to two physicians and broadening capacity for both adult and pediatric patients. The business generates revenue from physician consultation fees and is supported by brand-driven inbound marketing; there is no disclosed institutional investment, parent company, or external funding.

Name

Canna-Centers

Legal name

Canna-Centers.com

Website

https://canna-centers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Canna-Centers is a physician-owned California medical practice founded in 2008 that provides medical cannabis evaluations, recommendations, and treatment plans via telemedicine to California residents with serious and chronic medical conditions, including pediatric patients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Cannabis Evaluations

NAICS

Ambulatory Health Care Services (621), Other Outpatient Care Centers (62149)

SIC

Services-Offices & Clinics Of Doctors Of Medicine (8011), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Cannabis Dispensary + Pharmacy/Clinical Model (Patient Services) (CRANAFAI)

Keywords

• Medical cannabis evaluations
• Cannabis medicine consultations
• Patient verification services
• Cannabis physician recommendations
• Medical cannabis education

Headquarters

HQ city

Corona

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Medical Cannabis Evaluations: Physician consultation fees for medical cannabis evaluations, recommendations, and treatment plans. Revenue generated from patient evaluation services for individuals seeking medical cannabis approval in California.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Canna-Centers is a physician-owned medical practice established in 2008 that provides medical cannabis evaluations, recommendations, and treatment plans to California residents with serious and chronic medical conditions. Services are delivered via telemedicine appointments by physicians, primarily Dr. Bonni Goldstein and Dr. Rebecca Samet, and include a HIPAA-compliant 24-hour patient verification system used by dispensaries.

Product overview

Canna-Centers is a physician-owned medical practice established in 2008 that offers medical evaluations and recommendations for patients seeking to use cannabis for serious and chronic medical conditions. The company provides medical cannabis evaluations as its core service, along with HIPAA-compliant 24-hour patient verification services. Educational offerings include a published book by Dr. Bonni Goldstein ('Cannabis is Medicine'), educational lectures/seminars/webinars, and a YouTube channel. The practice specializes in treating conditions including chronic pain, epilepsy, autoimmune disorders, cancer, gastrointestinal illnesses, sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Medical Cannabis Evaluations Physician consultations providing medical cannabis evaluations, recommendations, and treatment plans for adult and pediatric California residents with qualifying conditions including chronic pain, epilepsy, autoimmune disorders, cancer, GI illnesses, sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Delivered via telemedicine.
• Patient Verification Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Thousands of patients helped improve quality of life with cannabis medicine
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Heally: Telemedicine platform connecting patients with cannabis-knowledgeable physicians and offering EHR/verification infrastructure. Comparable physician-recommendation workflow plus ancillary services relevant to Canna-Centers' patient verification offering.

Direct peers

• CannaMD: Medical cannabis evaluation clinic operating in multiple states with telemedicine appointments. Closely aligned with Canna-Centers' physician-evaluation model and adult/pediatric qualifying conditions focus.
• NuggMD: Leading cannabis telemedicine marketplace connecting patients with physicians for medical marijuana evaluations across multiple U.S. states. Operates the same doctor-evaluation-and-recommendation model as Canna-Centers at greater scale.
• Green Health Docs: Multi-state medical marijuana certification service offering telemedicine evaluations. Direct competitor providing the same physician recommendation service as Canna-Centers, but operating across many state lines.
• Veriheal: Online platform that books medical cannabis evaluations with licensed physicians in multiple states. Same physician-recommendation service model and telemedicine delivery as Canna-Centers, with broader geographic coverage.
• Leafwell: Multi-state cannabis telemedicine platform offering physician evaluations and medical cannabis cards online. Directly comparable to Canna-Centers' core service (physician recommendations) but with national footprint and consumer-tech-style patient onboarding.
• DrWeed (formerly PrestoDoctor): Online medical cannabis evaluation service operating in multiple U.S. states via telemedicine. Provides physician evaluations and recommendations identical to Canna-Centers' core offering.

Others

• Athletes for Care / Doctors for Cannabis Regulation: Physician advocacy and education organizations in the cannabis medicine space. Not a direct evaluation competitor, but the practice's educational content and physician training programs overlap with these advocacy-driven organizations.
• Americans for Safe Access: Patient advocacy organization that awarded Dr. Goldstein in 2017. Provides patient verification and advocacy infrastructure adjacent to the medical cannabis patient services space Canna-Centers operates in.

Regional players

• MediCann: California-based medical cannabis evaluation clinic offering physician recommendations under Prop 215/SB 420. Operates in the same California regulatory environment as Canna-Centers but with a regional rather than single-physician brand.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCEGoaVO021BZl5-nkPC5qtw
• Facebookfacebook.com/Canna-Centers-159274777541581
• Instagraminstagram.com/bonnigoldsteinmd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/canna-centers

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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