Marijuana businesses are falling through the cracks when it comes to economic assistance for COVID-19.
Although pot businesses were deemed essential and allowed to remain open throughout the pandemic, they haven’t been immune to its economic impacts.
Upper valley resident Erika Merklin runs Resurrected Dreams, a state-licensed cannabis cultivation business. She said her business, like many in the Chilkat Valley, is reliant on tourism, which has been decimated by COVID-19.
The pandemic has also made…