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Home 🌿 Marijuana Business News 🌿 California marijuana dispensaries fight for recognition as legitimate businesses 🌿California marijuana dispensaries fight for recognition as legitimate businesses
Despite legalization of marijuana, local businesses still struggle for recognition as legitimate enterprises.
With few resources to help promote their interests and more friendly business legislation, three local dispensaries, Herbal Choices, Positive Vibrations and Stonies, LLC, joined the Bay Area Chamber of Commerce more than a month ago in hopes of turning that around.
"That's what we are trying to work on, getting people to recognize us for what we are," Herbal Choices owner Jim Deatherage said. "We have a big road ahead to educate people, and we're struggling, even (to get) a bank to allow us (to do business), so it's a pretty crazy business to get into.
"Some people have these notions that it's just a bunch of hippies and kids, but 90 percent of our clients are over 60 years of age."
Positive Vibrations owner Greg Pierce said the businesses have an uphill battle just trying to...
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