Some people were shocked when a great many states and cities — at least those in which marijuana has been legalized — deemed pot dispensaries to be essential businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.
In this segment from Motley Fool Live, Healthcare and Cannabis Bureau Chief Corinne Cardina Jurney and longtime Motley Fool contributor Eric Volkman discuss this somewhat unexpected development in the ever up-is-down world of 2020.
Corinne Cardina: Yes, and I think another way that we’ve seen how people have really warmed up to that is how cannabis has been viewed in the coronavirus pandemic. A lot of governors have classified dispensaries as an essential service.
Eric, is that surprising to you? What does that tell us, and what have you…