Alternative Remedies

• Neighborhood shop on SE Flavel
• Sister store to Alternative Solutions
• Open until 10 p.m. daily
• Medical retailer endorsement
• Known for hash and pre-rolls
• Wheelchair-accessible lot

About Alternative Remedies

Alternative Remedies is a small neighborhood dispensary at 8109 SE Flavel Street in Brentwood-Darlington, the quiet residential corner of far Southeast Portland between Woodstock and the Clackamas County line. It serves a largely local crowd; Sweet Leaf Illusions, about 0.4 miles away, is its nearest neighbor.

The store is a sister shop to Alternative Solutions on SE Powell Boulevard, and its strengths are the basics done cheaply. Google's review summary tags it for budtenders, pre-rolls, hash, flower quality and being medical-patient friendly, and reviewers mention a bargain shelf for ounces and regular weekend deals. Older reviews praise hash made in-house; ask staff what is currently on the shelf.

Alternative Remedies holds OLCC medical-retailer and home-delivery endorsements, is open until 10 p.m. every night, and lists a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking lot. It does not keep an up-to-date website, so call (503) 477-4203 to check the menu before you go.

Alternative Remedies Hours

Hours come from the store’s Google Business Profile and can change on holidays — call ahead to confirm.

What Customers Say About Alternative Remedies

4.4 out of 5 from 213 Google reviews · read the reviews on Google

The shop averages 4.4 stars from 213 Google reviews. Regulars describe it as their local go-to, with welcoming staff, good prices and a friendly, unhurried feel; one says they drive an hour to buy here, and several name individual budtenders who give good flower advice.

The criticism centers on freshness. A few recent reviewers say some flower looked old for its price, and one felt a shift manager could not answer questions about harvest dates. If freshness matters to you, ask to see the packaging date before you buy.

This summary is written by The Weed Street Journal from a sample of public Google reviews. It is not a paid endorsement.

Getting to Alternative Remedies in Brentwood-Darlington, Southeast Portland

Alternative Remedies is at 8109 SE Flavel St in Brentwood-Darlington, about 1.4 miles south of Lents Park and 2.6 miles southeast of Reed College. Google lists a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking lot. Sweet Leaf Illusions is about 0.4 miles away and Green Lion about 0.8 miles.

More shops nearby: our guide to dispensaries in Sellwood, Woodstock & Reed · all Portland dispensaries

• Lents Park — 1.4 mi
• Reed College — 2.6 mi
• Mt. Tabor Park — 3.0 mi
• Mall 205 — 3.4 mi

Alternative Remedies Store Details

Oregon Cannabis Rules for Shopping at Alternative Remedies

• Adults 21+ with a valid government photo ID (out-of-state IDs and passports are accepted).
• Daily limits: 2 oz of flower, 10 g of concentrates, 10 g of inhalable products, 16 oz of solid products and 72 fl oz of liquids.
• Retail sales are allowed from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.; each store sets its own hours inside that window.
• Recreational purchases carry Oregon's 17% state cannabis tax plus up to 3% local tax; OMMP cardholders are exempt.
• Using cannabis in public, in a car or in view of the public is illegal; most hotels and rentals ban it.

See our full guides to dispensaries in Portland and Oregon marijuana laws.

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