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In reply to the discussion: California's COVID gun store shutdowns ruled illegal [View all]jmowreader
(53,271 posts)The Washington liquor and cannabis board used this rationale in declaring the stores they controlled to be essential: the state had authorized all stores selling "agricultural goods" to be declared essential. Because both alcoholic beverages and cannabis are products of agricultural operations...well, there you go.
Another theory they PROBABLY had, but couldn't express, was that by allowing people to stay home and get shitfaced on some mind altering substance, it helps with social distancing.
I remember when the churches were closed and the dispensaries were open, and the pseudo-Christians were screaming about this. Well...last time I went to a church people were standing shoulder-to-shoulder, singing, hugging, kissing and socializing for well over an hour. (And this was just a wedding. Can you imagine if these guys were in the middle of a full-blown Jesus Praisin' Service?) Last time I went to a dispensary, people walked in, bought weed and left after it was bagged. Completely different situation.