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Medical marijuana users are accustomed to the munchies sending them on a hunt for food. Now they have a place where giving their food away can score them some pot.

For the second year in a row, one California medical marijuana dispensary is doing its part to feed the hungry by offering their patients a trade: one free joint for every six cans of donated food.

"We're in a really controversial industry, and we wanted to show that we're here for good," says Nancy Black, sales manager at the Granny Purpsdispensary in Soquel, Calif.

The dispensary is running its unique food drivefor the second year in a row, trading joints -- Black calls them "pre-rolls"-- for donated food.

There is no limit to the number of free joints a single customer can receive.

"We've given away 50, 60, pre-rolls at a time to one person for the amount of cans they've brought in," Black said.

The response has been huge. The dispensary collected more than 12,000 pounds of food last year and gave away about 2,000 joints. This year, they've collected nearly 5,000 pounds since early November.

The food-for-pot exchange not only helps feed the hungry, Black says. Patients also benefit by getting the marijuana they need without paying the usual $10 per joint.

"It helps feed tons of people and it helps people who sometimes can't get their medication on their own," Black says. "People have to pay out of pocket for all of their medicine."

Granny Purps conceived the food drive as a way to burnish the image of an industry that operates within a legal quagmire.

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