Marijuana sales ‘on fire’ as demand spikes amid coronavirus outbreak


Toilet paper, hand sanitizer and food aren’t the only things flying off the shelves amid the coronavirus scare in Southern California. Marijuana is the latest addition to the consumer stockpile.

Industry professionals are enjoying the spike in sales, which has prompted one proprietor to buy two used Priuses in the past week as deliveries soar. He said he is planning to buy three more in case his dispensaries are ordered shut and he has to transition his shop workers to drivers.

“If you asked me a week ago if I would be buying five or six used Priuses, I’d have said, ‘Why would we be doing that?’ ” said Kyle Kazan, CEO of the Glass House Group, which operates four dispensaries across the state, including Bud and Bloom in Santa Ana, The Pottery in Los Angeles and The Farmacy in Santa Barbara and Berkeley.

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