Cannabis company Green Thumb Industries has partnered with Circle K to test out marijuana pop-up shops in a small number of gas stations in Florida next year.
The benefit of buying your medicine at the gas station is the same as why you might buy snacks there: convenience, said Green Thumb's CEO. Some local jurisdictions in Florida have decriminalized weed and reduced the penalties for people found to have small amounts of the drug, under 20 grams, according toGreen Thumb currently operates a small number of retail stores and said that it could expand the number of its Rise Express dispensaries since Circle K runs around 600 stores in Florida. The weed will be grown at Green Thumb's cultivation facility in Ocala, which will be operational by the end of this year.