Cannabis shops that were broken into during the last weekend of May in the wave of civil unrest following the brutal killing of George Floyd are reeling from the financial toll. Though several have said they supported the protests, the burglaries and looting perpetrated by a number of individuals has left some business owners worried about whether their operations can survive.
Dispensaries were hit hard; Leafly reports that 43 businesses in California and Oregon were ransacked. Boston’s Pure Oasis — the first minority-owned adult-use dispensary on the East Coast — reportedly lost $100,000. Chicago’s Mission Dispensary South Shore was “mostly destroyed,” the company president wrote on Facebook.
Several Los Angeles area dispensaries were vandalized during the demonstrations. Videos on social media show people climbing over security gates to break into Cookies Melrose, a popular pot shop in Los Angeles co-owned by rapper and weed entrepreneur Berner.
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