Locally-owned dispensaries in Sunland Park struggle to keep up with the cannabis industry’s economic boom

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Dispensaries in Sunland Park have revamped $57 million for the municipality, since hashish was legalized in New Mexico practically two years in the past. Now, locally-owned retailers are having bother maintaining with that financial increase.

“As soon as hashish was legalized and the cash began rolling in instantly, we began to see tons of growth. So now there’s a variety of plans within the works for lots of massive, large companies,” mentioned Steven Bruck, partial proprietor of YerbaViva. “There’s a variety of competitors up the road and it has been type of tough to get the ball rolling.”

When hashish was legalized state-wide in April 2022, massive firms virtually instantly started leisure gross sales in Sunland Park. Bruck mentioned that makes it tough for locally-owned dispensaries to maintain up.

“We’re simply three native guys and we actually, actually wish to get in contact with the native hashish group and assist construct the hashish tradition round right here and uplift a variety of the native enterprise house owners right here,” Bruck mentioned. “To encourage different individuals to buy native is to is to assist your neighbors, to assist individuals round you. You do not all the time know what number of steps eliminated away you might be from the person who you are serving to once you’re purchasing regionally.”