Jordan Brown, age 29, was shot and killed on March 19, 2022, during an armed robbery while he worked his shift as a budtender in Tacoma, Washington. He was an employee at a company called World of Weed. Joshua Chase, the proprietor of Oakland-based Oakanna, took a shot in his foot on April 24. Brian Garcia was also fatally shot by armed robbers in Los Angelese nearly a fortnight ago. These and other such incidents have captured the attention of the media and drawn the eyes of the country to the pressing need to allow marijuana companies to gain access to banking services so that the huge amounts of cash attracting criminals are absorbed into the banking system. State officials and industry advocates are also raising their voices and calling out Congress for remaining inactive as criminal activity targeting state-legal cannabis companies escalates. On a positive note, the crime wave may inadvertently tip the scale in favor of passing cannabis banking reforms, something that has been hitting a dead end each time efforts are made to push the SAFE Banking Act through the Senate.
CannabisNewsWire, 05/16/2022 16:20:00