Gay SF cannabis and nightlife advocate Terrance Alan dies

https://www.ebar.com/story/159483

Terrance Alan, a gay man, longtime cannabis activist, nightlife advocate, and entrepreneur, died Friday, October 17, after difficulty recovering from surgery, according to his longtime personal assistant Gary Driscoll. He was 73.

Mr. Alan was the proprietor of the Flore Store, a cannabis dispensary in San Francisco’s LGBTQ Castro district, and he formerly served as president of the Castro Merchants Association. In 1996, he co-founded CHAMP (Californians Helping to Alleviate Medical Problems), one of the nation’s first nonprofit cannabis dispensaries. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence dubbed him “Saint Cannabis Beneficious, Keeper of the Flore and CHAMP of the Afflicted” in 2017.