Citations:budtender

Noun: "a recreational or medical cannabis dispensary worker that sells and is knowledgeable of various marijuana products"

 * 2004 Jul 2, Henry K. Lee, "Medical cannabis suspects hit with federal charges", San Francisco Chronicle:
 * But Jacek Mroz told investigators that he was "hired to water and tend to the marijuana plants," the affidavit said. Nieblas delivered plants twice a week but said "he had the legal right to do so," authorities said. Dearaujo and Angello served as trimmers, and Angello said she had previously worked as a "bud tender" and cashier by the Compassionate Caregivers Club, the affidavit said.
 * 2005 Jun 7, Joe Garofoli, Greg Lucas, Rachel Gordon, "Medical pot users say they won't stop - Legal impact: Consensus is enforcement won't increase", San Francisco Chronicle, page A1:
 * "You can call me the bud tender," the white-coated Arrow said as he offered patients their choice of 13 different kinds of marijuana, in addition to such goodies as chocolate-flavored cannabis bars.
 * 2005 Jun 15, Dean E. Murphy, "California Reins In Clinics Using Marijuana for Medical Purposes", The New York Times:
 * The so-called budtenders who work behind large glass display cases provide assistance in selecting the best strain. All of them are medical marijuana users, and they typically are medicated while working.
 * 2008 Jun 9, Brad Wilder, Twitter:
 * "Why yes Mr. Budtender, I would like an 1/8 of the Purple Brain Damage Kush." Only in California.
 * 2013, Jenny Kleeman, "Cannabis: Colorado's budding industry", The Guardian, 17 May 2013:
 * As a registered medical marijuana patient – for a chronic stomach condition – he has to show ID every time he goes into a dispensary, and fears he'd get special treatment if the "budtenders" knew they were serving the influential critic.
 * 2014, Jeff Ostrowski, "Inside marijuana shops: A picture of our future?", Palm Beach Post, 21 October 2014:
 * A helpful and knowledgeable “budtender” — a guy in his 20s or 30s, typically, who has submitted to a state background check — guides you through the selections.
 * 2014 Oct 31, Lynd Bui & Dana Hedgpeth, "Marijuana-infused candy found in Prince George’s County", The Washington Post:
 * Oak Peak is a “budtender” at the Giving Tree of Denver, a marijuana dispensary that sells such edibles as Karma Kandy.