But they don't need the clinic to get advice, there are 100's of doctors within each state that have the ability to grant a MJ card. They can go to anyone of those doctors and do not need to go to a PAOG clinic.
And frankly you would get more advice from the people at the dispencery than you would from a doctor, those people know a heck of a lot more about MJ, different strains, potency and so forth