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L.A. Residents Still Able to Buy Cannabis During California Lockdown

by Rosie McCall Newsweek, posted 20 03 2020

L.A. Residents Still Able to Buy Cannabis During California Lockdown After Dispensaries Listed as Essential Businesses

Los Angeles county and city have introduced emergency measures ordering nonessential businesses to close. Essential services include grocery stores, gas stations, childcare facilities and cannabis dispensaries.

During the lockdown, L.A. residents will still be able to purchase marijuana products supplied at dispensaries that hold a medical cannabis license after regulations were introduced at a county and a statewide level to try to stem the COVID-19 outbreak.

Dispensaries were listed as an essential service under "Healthcare Operations," along with hospitals, dentists and pharmacies.