Here is a fun little fact you may not know – although medical cannabis has been legalized in many states, the federal government still considers it a banned substance.
That means the allegedly legal cannabis you buy is not 100% legal, just mostly legal.
This is why you can’t use a credit card in a dispensary, you have to pay cash, because the federal government won’t change its antiquated and unfair laws. My friend Bob is an armed security guard for a local cannabis dispensary, because they keep so much cash on hand it runs the risk of being robbed. Bob tells me that medical cannabis stores get robbed all the time, because of how much cash they keep on hand. It makes no sense to me, because all of this money made from legal medical cannabis is sitting, collecting dust, when it should be put back into the economy! One of the main reasons that medical cannabis use has been legalized in so many states is because of the economic windfall that comes with it. The taxes and fees levied on cannabis dispensaries provides tens of millions of dollars in revenue for the state. In other words, medical cannabis helps the community! And yet, the cannabis dispensaries still have to operate like criminal organizations and just sit on huge piles of money. I know that the states have adapted to medical cannabis, well it is high time that the federal government does too! Even if you don’t enjoy smoking medical cannabis yourself, you have to admit it is great for the economy.