Pot shops call for more collaboration, police, and new banking rules as violent robberies soar

The statistics are sobering, with at least 70 violent pot shop robberies in the Puget Sound region since the start of the year. Many believe that number is much higher.

Teens wanted for murder, string of armed robberies at pot shops

“I have to say the last year has probably been the scariest,” Gypsy Green co-founder Jenna Rodriguez told lawmakers and other elected officials during a special public safety roundtable hosted by the Liquor and Cannabis Board. “COVID was pretty rough, but then when these armed robberies started happening, obviously everybody’s extremely on edge and it became not only like if this could happen to us, it’s like, ‘when

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