CANNABIS CULTURE – Taser-weilding thieves held up three employees of the The Green Room Society on Monday night; the latest in a series of medical marijuana dispensary robberies to hit the city of Vancouver in recent weeks.

Two men, identified by an employee as caucasian and indigenous – one wearing gloves and a bandana over his mouth – buzzed tasers and demanded staff “hand over all the cash” at about 10:30pm, Monday night at the store’s location at 1057 Seymour St.

The robbers left with $1700 in cash and were not interested in the marijuana or other medical products, according to an employee who spoke to Cannabis Culture. The employee said she made a report to police and was shaken up by the experience but not harmed.

The robbery is thelatest in a series of attacks on medical marijuana dispensaries in Vancouver.

On Saturday at about 4:30am, a 27-year-old man drove a stolen vehicle through the front wall of two marijuana dispensaries – The Stressed and Depressed Association (1353 E. 41st St.) and the Canna Clinic (2437 E. Hastings St.).

The man made off with hundreds of dollars in marijuana products but was eventually caught by police.

The Cannabis Culture Headshop and Vapor Lounge (307 W. Hastings St.) was broken into earlier in May by thieves who cut power to the building. Ignite Smoke Shop (109 W Cordova St.) was hit as well this month.

Medical marijuana dispensaries – and how they should be regulated – is currently a hot topic in Vancouver, as the City Council prepares to hold a public