According to a column in the LA Times by Erika D. Smith, yes, pot store workers are “medical workers”, so they move up the vaccine hierarchy.
Just this week, Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged that there aren’t enough doses to ensure every teacher is protected before schools reopen. And on Wednesday, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that L.A. would temporarily close five drive-through vaccination centers, including Dodger Stadium.
But as it turns out, there actually is a logical reason for prioritizing some cannabis workers for COVID-19 vaccines. You just may not like it.
Jerred Kiloh, president of the L.A.-based United Cannabis Business Assn. and owner of the Higher Path dispensary in Sherman Oaks, summed it up this way: Cannabis is medicine, so cannabis workers are healthcare workers.
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According to https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-11/coronavirus-covid-vaccine-cannabis-marijuana-california