Lifevine (lif' vin') n. alternative medicine 1. a medicinal herb, cannabis indica, ingested to alleviate pain or ill health. 2. a network of qualified marijuana patients linked together by their mutual need to produce the organic medicine for personal use.

The Lifevine Collective is not a "buyer's club" or "cooperative". The word "cooperative" is rooted in agricultural business. In a cooperative, farmers band together to market their crops with a standardized supply and price structure. The word "collective" is also derived from the field of agriculture, but without the reference to a commercial organization. In collectives, people actually farm together for group subsistence with no outside markets. Lifevine members do not buy or sell medical marijuana. Lifevine patients work together to produce the medical-grade cannabis shared by the entire membership. The Lifevine Collective operates on the simple principle, "patients helping patients".

The Medical Use of Marijuana Act (RCW:69.51A) provides a legal exception to the ban on marijuana in Washington State. Lifevine patients are recommended to use medical cannabis by a licensed physician in Washington . Each member is entitled to possess marijuana for personal medical use. There is no stipulation in WA state law prohibiting our combined, collective production of medical cannabis that remains legally unavailable through any other means. Therefore, we the infirm, with our many physical needs and handicaps, are compelled by medical necessity to cultivate medical marijuana as one legal entity to share the benefits of nature's greatest medicine as allowed by The Evergreen State's law.

The Lifevine Collective is an extended family that grows together!