SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Barbary Sunset, a marijuana shop on Irving Street in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset neighborhood, is celebrating its one-year anniversary and has seen a significant uptick in sales to customers trying to control stress and anxiety from the coronavirus pandemic.
In fact, sales have doubled.
With many gyms and martial arts schools closed, Mike Doane hasn’t been able to train as a Krav Maga student for months and has been stuck at home. With increased stress, he is smoking marijuana more often.
“This marijuana just helps me a lot as far as my anxiety and sleep,” Doane said.
These have become increasingly common reasons customers are visiting Barbary Sunset.
“I still work but when I come home it’s definitely — there’s no work play, so it’s definitely a nice chill factor of just calming down,” said customer Ava Kennedy of San Francisco.
The city’s only cannabis dispensary on the west side says the boost in sales has helped them expand their…
