Local jurisdictions are one of the few ways buying kratom in California is still illegal. The cities of San Diego and Oceanside instituted kratom bans as part of their response to the “spice” public health scare in 2016.
Both cities, however, are actively considering full or partial repeal of these bans. This would bring these cities more in alignment with current attitudes toward kratom, including momentum toward federal legislation that would legalize and regulate kratom. These cities have also been pretty lax about enforcement, given this recent study suggesting nearly half of the smoke and head shops in San Diego sell kratom.
Curious about where to buy kratom in the rest of the state? We’ve put together a list of some of the best kratom sources in California—including brick-and-mortar shops and online vendors.
| IK Smoke Shop |
| 730 S Western Ave Unit 105, Los Angeles, CA 90005 |
| Monday – Friday: 9 AM – 8 PM |
| Saturday: 10 AM – 8 PM |
| Sunday: 11 AM – 7 PM |
| (213) 263-2066 |
| Hollywood Stars Smoke Shop |
| 5055 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027 |
| Monday – Saturday: 9 AM – 12 AM |
| Sunday: 9 AM – 10 PM |
| (323) 407-6767 |
| Kava Kulture LA |
| 3111 Glendale Blvd #1, Los Angeles, CA 90039 |
| Monday – Thursday: 1 PM – 11 PM |
| Friday – Saturday: 11 AM – 12 AM |
| Sunday: 11 AM – 9 PM |
| (323) 522-3122 |
| Website |
| Angel Eyes Smoke Shop |
| 4024 Mission Inn Avenue B, Riverside, CA 92501 |
| Monday – Saturday: 9 AM – 8 PM |
| Sunday: 9 AM – 4 PM |
| (951) 686-2159 |
| Euclid Smoke and Vape |
| 875 S Euclid St, Anaheim, CA 92802 |
| Open Daily: 9 AM – 12 AM |
| (714) 603-7603 |
| Up in Smoke |
| 2346 Newport Blvd A3, Costa Mesa, CA 92627 |
| Monday – Saturday: 10 AM – 9 PM |
| (949) 877-0337 |
| Website |
| Bumble Bee Botanicals |
| 3215 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 |
| Open Daily: 11 AM – 7 PM |
| (415) 275-0240 |
| Website |
| Mamba Smoke & Head Shop |
| 3224 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610 |
| Open Daily: 9 AM – 10 PM |
| (510) 922-8194 |
| Big Al’s Smoke and Gifts |
| 2382 Telegraph Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 |
| Open Daily: 10 AM – 8 PM |
| (510) 540-0764 |
| Website |
Let those other cities grab all the national attention. With even better weather, job opportunities, and general livability, the San Jose and the South Bay plays second fiddle to no one. That’s also true with their local smoke and head shop scenes. Here are just a few of our top choices.
| The Bee Hive Smoke Shop |
| 3623 Union Ave, San Jose, CA 95124 |
| Open Daily: 10 AM – 9 PM |
| (408) 628-4881 |
| Discount Cigarettes Cigar |
| 4546 El Camino Real A1, Los Altos, CA 94022 |
| Open Daily: 10:30 AM – 7 PM |
| (650) 397-5180 |
| Yelp Page |
| Rocky Smoke Shop |
| 39471 Fremont Blvd, Fremont, CA 94538 |
| Monday – Saturday: 9 AM – 8 PM |
| Sunday: 9 AM – 7 PM |
| (510) 226-9900 |
| La Mesa (Tree of Life Kratom) |
| 5232 Jackson Dr #204, La Mesa, CA 91942 |
| Open Daily: 10 AM – 6 PM |
| (619) 719-5101 |
| Website |
| National City (Smoke N Stuff Smoke Shop) |
| 1635 Sweetwater Rd Suite D, National City, CA 91950 |
| Open Daily: 9 AM – 12 AM |
| (619) 856-5133 |
| Website |
| Chula Vista (Nono Smoke Shop) |
| 272 3rd Ave A, Chula Vista, CA 91910 |
| Monday – Thursday: 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Friday – Saturday: 10 AM – 12 AM |
| Sunday: 10 AM – 9 PM |
| (619) 420-0760 |
| Twisted Smoke Shop |
| 3718 J St, Sacramento, CA 95816 |
| Monday – Saturday: 10 AM – 10 PM |
| Sunday: 11 AM – 9 PM |
| (916) 457-4141 |
| The Bloc Shop |
| 1620 Fulton Ave #300, Sacramento, CA 95825 |
| Monday – Saturday: 9 AM – 9 PM |
| Sunday: 10 AM – 8 PM |
| (916) 960-9541 |
| Website |
| The Outer Limits Smoke Shop |
| 2540 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825 |
| Monday – Saturday: 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Sunday: 11 AM – 8 PM |
| (916) 489-4575 |
| Del Ray Smoke Stacks |
| 4509 S Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90066 |
| Monday – Saturday: 7 AM – 10 PM |
| Sunday: 8 AM – 10 PM |
| (310) 881-9274 |
| Website |
| Van Buren Vape & CBD |
| 17942 Van Buren Boulevard, Riverside, CA 92508 |
| Monday – Saturday: 10 AM – 8 PM |
| Sunday: 10 AM – 6 PM |
| (951) 286-4195 |
| Twisted Thistle Apothecary |
| 1391 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117 |
| Sunday – Thursday: 11 AM – 3 PM; 3:30 PM – 6 PM |
| Friday – Saturday: 11 AM – 7 PM |
| (415) 626-4372 |
| Website |
| 420 Smoke Shop |
| 428 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95112 |
| Monday – Saturday: 9 AM – 11 PM |
| Sunday: 9 AM – 10 PM |
| (408) 998-2353 |
| Website |
| Bladez Smoke Shop |
| 7454 University Ave UNIT C, La Mesa, CA 91942 |
| Monday – Saturday: 10 AM – 10 PM |
| Sunday: 10 AM – 9 PM |
| (619) 467-7710 |
| Cali Botanicals |
| 3250 Monier Cir Unit H, Rancho Cordova, CA 95742 |
| Tuesday – Friday: 9 AM – 7 PM |
| Saturday – Sunday: 10 AM – 6 PM |
| Monday: 10 AM – 7 PM |
| Website |
Good news for your weekend travel. Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona have all passed Kratom Consumer Protection laws, formalizing kratom’s legality and establishing manufacturing and product label regulations. In fact, apart from local bans in Louisiana and a statewide ban in Arkansas, there are no significant restrictions on kratom sales west of the Mississippi.
Use our state-by-state guide to find more information about where to buy high-quality kratom throughout the US.
Our assortment includes capsules, gummies, and loose leaf kratom available in a range of veins and strains. You’re not going to miss anything, including kratom extracts, by sticking to the Golden Monk inventory and taking advantage of our bulk purchase discounts.
The Golden Monk experience starts with some of the highest quality kratom products in the industry, but it certainly doesn’t end there. Get our products delivered right to your front door in as little as 2-5 days.
Look, even if you don’t have to fight the nationally infamous 405 traffic, there’s a good chance that you’re going to jump at the opportunity to shop from the comfort of your own home or business.
Plus, you’ll know for sure whether kratom is available for sale when shopping online. A recent study published in the National Library of Medicine found that, in California, only 62.4% of smoke and vape shops sold kratom.
With Golden Monk, there is no catch. Buying kratom online in California is the way to go.
Although we love to visit a good smoke shop, there are a lot of benefits to ordering kratom online even beyond avoiding traffic congestion and other errand-running headaches. What makes buying online such a great way to get high-quality kratom? Take a look.
Golden Monk guarantees that we only sell kratom made from the highest-quality trees, cultivated in the lush forests of Indonesia. We maintain rigorous lab testing to ensure the safety and purity of our products, but why should you believe us? Because you can check it out for yourself!
Request a Certificate of Analysis for your product and you’ll get a detailed lab analysis of the exact amounts of all ingredients in your kratom.
Not only does shopping online make it easier to compare products and prices, but you’ll enjoy more stable prices from one purchase to the next. Sure, online vendors can increase their prices on occasion, but retail price tags are all over the place.
You’ll also get around the overhead costs of running a successful brick-and-mortar shop. This results in cheaper prices overall for you the consumer, especially when placing larger orders and/or taking advantage of loyalty reward programs.
When you shop online, you can also explore a manufacturer’s full line of kratom products and who these products are designed to speak to. It’s not like standing in the aisle of the smoke shop, trying to quickly search for product information while squinting at the fine print of a half-ounce bottle.
Ready to find the perfect product for your goals? Browse our collection of:
Check out some of our best-selling products that kratom users in the state love to get from Golden Monk!
Not a fan of gummies and their texture? Don’t have time to brew loose leaf kratom into the perfect cup of tea every day? As many people in California have discovered for themselves, our Kratom Capsules are likely the answer for you. It may take a few extra minutes to take effect, but some users find this delayed release enhances their kratom experience. Available in 250, 500, and 1,000 capsule quantities.
If you’ve only heard about one kratom strain, there’s a good chance it was Maeng Da. For more than a century, people have recognized that certain kratom trees were better than others for getting through a long day’s work. Maeng Da is the first strain cultivated specifically to optimize kratom’s desired effects. Available in every color vein and sold in quantities ranging from 250 grams to a full kilo.
This ever-popular combination starts with the green vein balance between kratom’s more energizing and soothing extremes. Add in the richness of the Green Malay large leaf cultivar, and you get a kratom strain that fuels your productivity with amazing quality consistency batch after batch. Sold in quantities ranging from 250 grams to a full kilo.
Why do people from California love our Red Bali Kratom so much? The Bali strain harvested in the red-vein stage of the leaf’s growth is a natural pairing that emphasizes the soothing effects on the mind and muscles. Sold in quantities ranging from 250 grams to a full kilo.
We want people to be safe and always use kratom responsibly, but for many kratom users the biggest downside is kratom’s earthy, almost downright bitter, taste. Deliciously flavored Kratom Gummies eliminate this problem entirely. With a very manageable 10mg of extract per gummy, it’s easy to find the perfect serving size. Available in 24-gummy jars.
