While a rise in retail has pushed the California cannabis industry more mainstream, dispensaries are also dealing with lots of taxes as well as a heightened threat of break-ins.
"Taxes are an issue. There's an additional 15% excise tax on top of sales tax. We're an industry that is taxed on top of tax," said Rainin."One of our neighboring shops, unfortunately, had a car drive through their front window," said Rainin.
Two weeks ago, on April 7, an attempted burglary at a pot dispensary was caught on camera. It happened at 13th Street near Van Ness.Witnesses heard a loud crash, saw car back into a door, and then people dressed in black hitting the door with sledgehammers and crowbars. Many Bay Area cannabis dispensary owners say they are fed up with all the robberies and burglaries and they want more protection.Cannabis is still illegal under federal law and bans are hesitant to do business with the industry.If you're on the ABC7 News app,
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