The store’s past is clearer than its current label. In July 2020, Hingham Anchor reported that Alternative Compassion Services was expected to open in the former Java Jungle coffee shop at 175 George Washington Boulevard. President Stephen Werther said the company was already delivering from Bridgewater to patients in Hingham, Hull, Marshfield, Scituate, and Weymouth and wanted a location closer to those communities. By November 2024, MMJDaily reported that medical marijuana had been sold at the Hull address for roughly two and a half years. The publication also reported that the Select Board unanimously agreed to enter a Host Community Agreement for the company to add retail marijuana sales, with the agreement still to be negotiated by town counsel. The reports trace the address from a proposed medical site in a former coffee shop to a later bid to broaden sales.