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Curbside pickup services for popular retail stores such as Wal-Mart and the Home Depot have generated an absurd amount of money over the last six months, becoming the default for many when it comes to buying anything. Seventy three billion dollars is said to be accumulated from both of these stores combined, including the frequent deliveries made by the latter for contractors and the DIY folk. It is of no surprise then that green plant retailers have been doing the same measures during this extended stay in quarantine and partial shutdown. While no official numbers have been released, it's fair to assume that profits are being made at a consistent rate enough to keep the shops open, and even give the up-and-comers a chance at a lukewarm welcome, at the very least. The next step then is allowing dispensaries to make deliveries, which now seems like an attainable goal after a regulation change was made in Massachusetts on Sept. 24. Delivery being something simple and commonplace nowadays, it seems inevitable and like it should have existed already. Just like how there are licenses and permits attached to growing and distributing cannabis and similar products, there’s another piece of paperwork to go along with delivering the green to make green. Projected costs for this additional service are 1,500 dollars for application and 10,000 dollars for annual licensing.
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The interesting facet of this story, however, is that this isn’t a statewide, all-inclusive practice. This delivery allowance is deliberately being used to benefit economic empowerment and social equity applicants, which is just fancy talk for small business owners that inhabit an area regrettably plagued by crime and frequent incarceration spikes. This process has a three year duration, with the goal of making a vast amount of profit and bolstering the presence of these smaller market options. While 2020 won’t be remembered as an especially great year for profits for almost any humble industry, it seems like the history books might remember it for the steps communities have taken to avoid the mistakes of the more eccentric year prior. 2019 was fair, even with ludicrous expectations from the men in suits, but it was also plagued with controversies and scares. The most notable scare concerned the corrosive materials found in vape pens. Companies such as Temescal Wellness have planned on destroying merchandise made before and during the prior year, throwing away almost three million dollars worth of cartridges. Before this decision was made, Governor Charlie Baker took action last September by holding 600,000 vape units and having companies strictly supervise resumed production in December. Sale and distribution of vape has only resumed as of August due to financial concern. Part of the dumping initiative this year was fueled by a concern that dormant oil in the cartridges would leach lead from the container. Results of this hypothesis are currently inconclusive.
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The one thing you can say about 2020 is that it looks like at least some people are being safe.
