Cannabis businesses in the 34 states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana can't qualify for the assistance because the federal government still considers their product illegal.
Wanda James sold more cannabis two weeks ago than she usually does on April 20 — the day many marijuana users have come to consider their holiday — after Denver's mayor announced that recreational cannabis shops like hers would have to shut down to help slow the spread of the coronavirus.
"There was a huge rush. It felt like people were starting to hoard," said James, who opened her shop, Simply Pure, in 2016."Everyone was buying cannabis and toilet paper."because they were getting swarmed by anxious customers, causing long lines that violated social distancing guidelines, her sales have fallen off a cliff.
People stand in freshly painted circles, six-feet-apart, as they wait in a two-hour line to buy marijuana products from Good Chemistry on March 23, 2020 in Denver.James says her store should have the same opportunities for federal financial relief that other small businesses are getting to help them through the crisis, such as thethat have legalized medical or recreational marijuana can't qualify for the assistance because the federal government still considers their product illegal.
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