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[–] oneofthemladygoats@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, the intent behind these kinds of businesses is activism, really. They're definitely taking a page out of the Marc Emery playbook with their business model, forcing law enforcement to sort of play wack-a-mole with multiple locations but being super duper obvious with their presence as a business, and using that to really highlight the disproportionate investment of resources in the enforcement of some rather archaic drug laws.

[–] zesty@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also to make fat stacks of cash

[–] oneofthemladygoats@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

lol you do realize they'll have fines to pay at the very least, right? This isn't black market dealing, this is a push for decriminalization knowing full well that civil disobedience has some expensive and unavoidable consequences.