What about the cookie stores that are next door to them? Anyhow, one doctor is rather upset over this, as she writes to the LA Times
As an emergency physician, I believe treating marijuana shops as essential businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic is shameful.
Has everyone forgotten about the vaping-related pneumonias that were killing young people before COVID-19 swept the world? The main association between fatalities and the acute respiratory failure we were seeing was the use of vaping products containing marijuana.
Curiously, the ground-glass appearance on radiologic studies now associated with COVID-19 was first seen in the vaping-related pneumonias. Additionally the “new and improved” legal marijuana seems to have a very different effect on people than the marijuana of the 1980 and ’90s.
At a time like this when healthcare providers are going to be swamped with victims of COVID-19, we want to be minimizing people’s risk for respiratory illness and avoiding the need for psychiatric beds for violent, impaired individuals.
I guess for some it’s essential, like beer, wine, and hard liquor is essential for others. It can certainly help people get through these times. And, personally, I don’t care if someone wants to get high. Again, I used to smoke it a lot, but, don’t anymore. I just don’t find it interesting.
But, that’s not really my point. The same state didn’t consider firearms stores as essential, you know, things that can actually help defend if society breaks down
(The Hill) The National Rifle Association (NRA) and other pro-gun groups filed a lawsuit against California on Friday after the state forced gun stores to close under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) shelter-in-place order amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Under Newsom’s order, these stores are considered nonessential. The complaint demands that gun shops in California be deemed essential and reopened.
Thankfully, society hasn’t broken down. We aren’t seeing a rise in crime, especially violent crime. What happens if this continues? No idea. Let’s not speculate. But, if it does, don’t you want protection? Especially when law enforcement is being sent out to arrest a guy on a paddleboard.
