Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-19/where-is-weed-sold-circle-k-gas-stations-in-florida-in-2023

by prostoalex • 4 years ago

25 55 4 years ago

takoid• 4 years ago

Title should be “Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year”.

eimrine• 4 years ago

Am I understood right that it is legal to drive while being smoked in Florida? In our country this is a recipe for losing your driver license.

bitxbitxbitcoin• 4 years ago

Legal to smoke cigarettes and drive. Not legal to smoke cannabis and drive.

pretendscholar• 4 years ago

They also sell beer in gas stations too!

blamazon9• 4 years ago

Dispensaries generally have to comply with regulations to put the items in a paper bag and staple it shut. If you get pulled over and the bag is still shut - no problems. Consider it equivalent to 'open container' concept for alcohol.

(In USA if you are of legal drinking age, it is okay to drive with closed containers of alcohol and generally very not okay to drive with open containers)

TylerE• 4 years ago

Clarification: Open is okay if it isn't easily accessible (e.g. in the trunk), or you're a rear passenger in some types of hired vehicles (long distance buses, limos)

Open container laws aren't even universal. In 10 states open containers are legal, and in most of those passengers can legally drink. In (of course...) Mississippi not only that, but the driver can drink too, as long as they stay below 0.08

zdragnar• 4 years ago

It's not legal anywhere, though the name varies. Most states would refer to this as either a DUI (driving under the influence) or DWI (driving while intoxicated).

rufus_foreman• 4 years ago

America has drive-thru liquor stores.

umanwizard• 4 years ago

Indeed, but that doesn't mean it's legal to start drinking while in your car.

latchkey• 4 years ago

I don't understand why this is news. Oregon is full of weed stores literally on the same property as gas stations. So a big chain is carrying legal weed... who cares?

the_only_law• 4 years ago

Florida isn’t even a legal recreational state (lawyers made sure that ballot got kicked off) so this is still only for medical.

blamazon9• 4 years ago

It should be noted that in most states with medical one can tell a teledoc "I have anxiety" and get a card very fast.

blamazon9• 4 years ago

Florida is why this is news. East coast legal states just don't have the same attitude so far. Dispensaries on the east coast are typically quite limited on where they can operate.

insane_dreamer6• 4 years ago

Woah! Next thing you know they'll be selling alcohol at gas stations too.

blamazon9• 4 years ago

This really is a slippery slope. Next thing you know they'll be selling:

* lottery tickets

* dubious 'testerone-enhancing' pills

* pepper spray

* junk food

* entirely too large fountain sodas

* (in some states) ammunition

And who knows what else!

grogenaut• 4 years ago

- Drive through taxidermy

- Car washes

- condoms

- oil

tunap• 4 years ago

Don't forget crack pipes.

yamtaddle3• 4 years ago

Seriously, they already sell at least two things that do way more harm than weed ever could (alcohol and the too-large fizzy sugar waters). Arguably some of the others, too, but those stand out as plainly way more harmful than weed.

soco• 4 years ago

Contraceptives omg omg omg!

loceng• 4 years ago

"* entirely too large fountain sodas"

The slipping hazard from a potential spill is just too high.

jerkstate• 4 years ago

I'm pretty sure Florida gas stations also sold "bath salts" for a while, which was a cover for research chemicals that were drugs sort-of similar to meth, cocaine, ecstasy, pcp; remember this story? https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/05/30/153989768...

josephcsible4• 4 years ago

All of those things are legal. Marijuana is not.

insane_dreamer6• 4 years ago

* (in some states) ammunition

seriously?? I did not know that

notch656a3• 4 years ago

Electric cars are going to make it hard to explain to the wife/parents/kids/probation officer/etc why you're stopping at the <all vices sold here> store. Gasoline made a great cover.

gautamdivgi• 4 years ago

If they have chargers. I think that takes more time than filling up gas. It might still work :)

MerelyMortal• 4 years ago

Do they still carry newspapers?

dlivingston• 4 years ago

I've got a Tesla and I'm at gas stations alllll the time for my vice (Zyn tobacco-less nicotine pouches).

When I have to, I'll park at a pump and walk inside. That always feels a bit weird (the opposite of ICE'ing an EV spot: https://electrek.co/2021/12/09/tesla-system-prevent-gas-cars...).

five82• 4 years ago

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

blamazon9• 4 years ago

NPR recently introduced this story with that soundclip in their daily 30s 'offbeat news' segment:

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130134438/circle-k-chain-sig...

FADEL: "The Circle K convenience store chain has signed a deal with one of America's largest cannabis producers to sell licensed marijuana at its Florida gas stations, a move that could be called an excellent adventure."

topspin• 4 years ago

Next to the cigarettes?

TEP_Kim_Il_Sung• 4 years ago

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" —Bill S. Preston Esq.

mgbmtl• 4 years ago

Next thing you know, Uber Eats will be delivering weed.

Oh wait.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uber-eats-cannabis-de...

krapp• 4 years ago

... oh, legally. OK.

Overtonwindow• 4 years ago

Far out!

Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year

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