• Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    18 minutes ago

    Vape shops have been flooding my little town for the past 5 years. We’ve probably had about 8 new ones open in up in that time. Most of them are only a quarter mile away from each other.

    My theory is that they expect cannabis to be legalized soon and are staking their claims now so they’ll be ready to start selling that ASAP.

    • Naich@piefed.world
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      8 minutes ago

      Supposedly because they are fronts for money laundering. It is such common knowledge that it seems like they would be the first places to get a visit from the constabulary or Customs and Excise, so I’m wondering if they actually are.

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 hour ago

    The only logical conclusion I can draw is that there’s a lot of money laundering going on. Otherwise, it is remarkably stupid to open a business in a market that is already overserved.

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      6 minutes ago

      Seems a bit daft to do your money laundering with a type of business that is renown for money laundering. Seems like they would be very likely to be visited by the authorities.