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CIRCLE K GAS STATIONS WILL START SELLING MARIJUANA IN 2023
https://www.thirstyfornews.com ^ | OCTOBER 19, 2022 | SHIVANGINI RAWAT

Posted on 10/21/2022 11:00:12 AM PDT by Red Badger

Next year, Circle K gas stations will give new meaning to the term “highway.” Circle K has partnered with multi-state cannabis operator Green Thumb Industries to sell legal cannabis at Circle K gas stations in the state of Florida. The collaboration marks the first time cannabis will be sold at a gas station. It also comes after President Joe Biden said he is starting action to decriminalize the drug.

Marijuana had previously only been sold legally in dispensaries in the United States. Marijuana has also been sold at pharmacies in other countries with legal cannabis programs. Marijuana sales are expected to “continue to normalize” cannabis by fusing it with standard consumer products, according to Green Thumb CEO Ben Kovler, who described the relationship as a “futuristic deal.”

Bloomberg reports that Green Thumb will sell the cannabis in spaces that it leases from 10 Circle K locations. The cannabis outlets will be branded as “RISE Express,” with a separate entrance from the gas station. Cannabis will only be sold to residents who have medical marijuana cards. Around 700,000 people in Florida have access to the card.

The state only allows cannabis to be purchased for medical reasons. While this new partnership is limited to only ten locations, Circle K’s Kovler stated that “there is appetite” to expand its partnership across other states. Let’s see how it goes. To get the latest updates, keep an eye on Thirsty.



TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: potheads
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To: Persevero

False assumption. Compare the store selling weed vs selling alcohol. If fact, since they would be selling more than enough servings of alcohol (i.e. a case of bee or fifth of booze) to cause anyone to exceed the legal limit virtually every sale would put the store at risk under your theory.


41 posted on 10/21/2022 11:59:46 AM PDT by bigbob (z)
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To: Red Badger

ROFL true, that


42 posted on 10/21/2022 12:04:06 PM PDT by NonValueAdded ("There should have been an age and risk stratification approach." still true)
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To: scott7278

Today I saw a new pot shop and 2 stores away, a new donut shop. Not the same building but getting close.


43 posted on 10/21/2022 12:10:37 PM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: Hammerhead

Yep, once again that consuming cannabis makes one stupid


44 posted on 10/21/2022 12:14:05 PM PDT by drypowder
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To: Dutch Boy

Big corporate money is going into weed now. The lawsuits will fly later when the robberies and other miscellaneous degeneracy associated with dopers appear on their premises.


45 posted on 10/21/2022 12:16:09 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: drypowder

Funny that before it was criminalized it wasnt even an issue.

Tell you what, why don’t you go try smoking some yourself and then maybe you come away with a conclusion like everybody else has that there’s nothing to it.

It’s all hype its way over blown.

The whole illegal thing is just way so stupid

Just watch the Netflix documentary on it then maybe you’ll get a clue


46 posted on 10/21/2022 12:18:48 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: drypowder

Yeah coming from somebody that it’s never smoked it before. But yet you’ll down a couple shots of whiskey and think nothing about it.

Like my neighbor friend says the trouble with church is church people. The problem with FreeRepublic is sanctimonious a holes like yourself that know anything about what they’re talking about but feel the need to comment anyway


47 posted on 10/21/2022 12:20:40 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Red Badger

I say boycott Circle K. (I know of only one in the Reno area and actually worked for them over a year as an undergrad after getting out of the Navy in the 80s).


48 posted on 10/21/2022 12:22:26 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: Red Badger

They already sell alcohol. So they already have product they’re “assuming” you won’t use until you get home. Not really any different.


49 posted on 10/21/2022 12:23:07 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Red Badger

50 posted on 10/21/2022 12:26:08 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: HombreSecreto

My bad - a glitch and I didn’t see the most awesome image at the beginning!


51 posted on 10/21/2022 12:28:19 PM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Red Badger

This is INSANITY, they are doing everything possible to outlaw vaping products BUT NOW they can sell pot at gas stations!! They are deliberately creating utter chaos wherever they can to DESTROY this nation AND Soros is at the helm of it all!!


52 posted on 10/21/2022 12:32:29 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: irishjuggler

I’ll tell you, in San Francisco, this stupid drug has become so popular that I regularly see (and smell) other drivers toking it up as they drive around town. It’s a problem, as, in many cases, their driving truly is impaired.


That is starting to happen in Florida and we’ve barely legalized. Sometimes I smell weed when stopped at a red light from, obviously, another driver. Disgusting and dangerous.


53 posted on 10/21/2022 12:34:05 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

drive thru marijuana dispensaries

hey, glaucoma runs in the families


54 posted on 10/21/2022 1:31:41 PM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Persevero
...If a bar over serves you and you drive drunk and kill someone they can be liable.

If circle k sells you some dope and you smoke down the freeway and do similar are they liable?...

As I see it, the big difference , and it is huge, is that you consume the alcohol at the bar. Smoking the dope is forbidden at the dispensary, so what happens is on your own time.

55 posted on 10/21/2022 1:36:56 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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To: Persevero

“If circle k sells you some dope and you smoke down the freeway and do similar are they liable?”

In a bar you consume before leaving the bar. This would be more like buying a six-pack and drinking on the road after leaving the place of business.


56 posted on 10/21/2022 1:48:13 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: Red Badger

Also I’d plan on seeing more Circle K robberies LOL


57 posted on 10/21/2022 1:49:36 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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Get on your pony and ride Clyde....


58 posted on 10/21/2022 2:08:57 PM PDT by deport
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To: Red Badger

Just what we need... one more thing to rile up the thumpers...


59 posted on 10/21/2022 2:12:30 PM PDT by Augie
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To: Red Badger

Clearly one of the greatest societal advances since the drive through liquor store.


60 posted on 10/21/2022 2:17:40 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (It is the nature of liberals to pervert whatever they touch.)
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