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| Jeff Chiu/Associated Press |
By Dan
Levin
- March 24, 2020Updated 8:44 a.m. ET
With
the coronavirus pandemic spreading rapidly across the country,
millions of Americans are being told by state and county officials to
take refuge at home, and only venture out to get things they really
need. Groceries, naturally. Prescription drugs, of course. Gas for
the car. Urgent medical care.
And
in many places, marijuana makes the list.
Over
the past week, more than a dozen states have agreed that while
“nonessential” stores had to close, pot shops and medical
marijuana dispensaries could remain open — official
recognition that for some Americans, cannabis is as necessary as milk
and bread.
In
most cases, the marijuana businesses must, like restaurants, limit
themselves to taking orders for delivery or curbside pickup.
As
Americans have raced in recent weeks to stock up on supplies like
toilet paper, canned goods and hand sanitizer, many who live in
states where marijuana has been legalized — including
California, Oregon and Michigan — also rushed to buy enough
cannabis products to last them through weeks, if not months, of
hunkering down at home.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/us/coronavirus-weed-marijuana.html
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