Source: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20789558,00.html
As people may or may not know, marijuana use here in 'Merica is illegal unless you are in a few select states. One of these states is California (Medically at least, not recreational like a few others) where this news story takes place and I'm curious what others think about this.
The TLDR of the story is that a 13 year old girl scout (an organization for young girls in America) is selling the famous Girl Scout Cookies in front of a medical marijuana store.
Now currently, you have to have a medical prescription to (legally) purchase marijuana in California. Is this a problem that a little girl is selling cookies in front of a store like this? Are you applauding her business-sense? Are you blasting the parents for this? What do you think?
Now I've had a few people on Facebook express that they think there will be an outrage at this but I can't for the life of me think why. It's not some seedy location where the girl will have to fear for her life and marijuana use is perfectly legal where she's at. I suppose being inside to sell it might be a bit more questionable (since it'd be like her selling these cookies in a bar) but she's outside in public on a busy street. What's the problem?
Location, location, location.
Girl Scout Danielle Lei knows how to think outside the box when it comes to selling cookies. The 13-year-old recently set up her cookie stand outside the Green Cross medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco, Calif. Patients bought out Lei's supplies in 45 minutes, as reported on the dispensary's Facebook page, requiring the girl to seek out a larger cookie supply.
In total, Lei sold 117 boxes in only two hours, according to Mashable. The profits from these sales will go to charitable organizations, including several that benefit Alzheimer's research.
Carol Lei, Danielle's mom, is on board with Danielle's unorthodox sales tactics, and not only for the numbers. She believes the experience is a helpful way to start a conversation with her daughter about different kinds of drug use.
"You put it in terms that they may understand," Carol told Mashable. "I'm not condoning it, I'm not saying go out in the streets and take marijuana."
The Green Cross was happy to green-light Lei's cookie stand as well, with staff members buying boxes and keeping their patients updated on Lei's hours through Facebook.
Even the Girl Scouts of Northern California gave Leis' endeavor their approval. The group's director of marketing and communications, Dana Allen, told Mashable that as long as the location was a legitimate business, it was up to parents to choose the place they think their daughters would find success.
Lei's biggest critic might just be the Girl Scouts of Colorado. While recreational marijuana use is now legal in Colorado, the state's troops made it clear on Twitter where they stood on cannabis-clinic cookie stands.
Girl Scout Danielle Lei knows how to think outside the box when it comes to selling cookies. The 13-year-old recently set up her cookie stand outside the Green Cross medical marijuana dispensary in San Francisco, Calif. Patients bought out Lei's supplies in 45 minutes, as reported on the dispensary's Facebook page, requiring the girl to seek out a larger cookie supply.
In total, Lei sold 117 boxes in only two hours, according to Mashable. The profits from these sales will go to charitable organizations, including several that benefit Alzheimer's research.
Carol Lei, Danielle's mom, is on board with Danielle's unorthodox sales tactics, and not only for the numbers. She believes the experience is a helpful way to start a conversation with her daughter about different kinds of drug use.
"You put it in terms that they may understand," Carol told Mashable. "I'm not condoning it, I'm not saying go out in the streets and take marijuana."
The Green Cross was happy to green-light Lei's cookie stand as well, with staff members buying boxes and keeping their patients updated on Lei's hours through Facebook.
Even the Girl Scouts of Northern California gave Leis' endeavor their approval. The group's director of marketing and communications, Dana Allen, told Mashable that as long as the location was a legitimate business, it was up to parents to choose the place they think their daughters would find success.
Lei's biggest critic might just be the Girl Scouts of Colorado. While recreational marijuana use is now legal in Colorado, the state's troops made it clear on Twitter where they stood on cannabis-clinic cookie stands.
As people may or may not know, marijuana use here in 'Merica is illegal unless you are in a few select states. One of these states is California (Medically at least, not recreational like a few others) where this news story takes place and I'm curious what others think about this.
The TLDR of the story is that a 13 year old girl scout (an organization for young girls in America) is selling the famous Girl Scout Cookies in front of a medical marijuana store.
Now currently, you have to have a medical prescription to (legally) purchase marijuana in California. Is this a problem that a little girl is selling cookies in front of a store like this? Are you applauding her business-sense? Are you blasting the parents for this? What do you think?
Now I've had a few people on Facebook express that they think there will be an outrage at this but I can't for the life of me think why. It's not some seedy location where the girl will have to fear for her life and marijuana use is perfectly legal where she's at. I suppose being inside to sell it might be a bit more questionable (since it'd be like her selling these cookies in a bar) but she's outside in public on a busy street. What's the problem?
