Pot shops are considered ‘essential’ businesses in most states where it’s legal, but the rules are shifting
April 08, 2020 at 07:30 AM EDT
When California became the first state to issue a shelter-in-place because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it set another standard by declaring cannabis an “essential business.” But just as states’ overall responses to the pandemic have varied from California’s early mandate, so have marijuana rules.