Legal Cannabis Shops Denied Postal ServiceBy Josh Mur Kathy Hartwell, owner of Pacific Cannabis co., filed a complaint with her local post office when she noticed she wasnt receiving her mail on a regular basis. After looking at security footage, she discovered the postal worker who was supposed to be delivering her mail was walking right past her shop. On one occasion captured on video, the postal worker handed a package off to a customer leaving the shop, allegedly stating, I dont want to go in there. Craig Newcomb (@KOMOCraig) June 8, 2016 Hartwell, who is a former post office employee herself, said in an interview that the postal workers actions are illegal. I used to work for the postal service as a rural carrier and I know that you cant give parcels or mail to anyone except the correct recipient. If I choose on my own not to deliver the mail to an address, I would lose my job, Hartwell says. Hartwells complaint to the post office virtually fell on deaf ears; she was told she would have to retrieve her mail from the post office because mail would no longer be delivered to her place of business until she installed a mail drop box. We have to take time out of our day to go down to the post office and retrieve our own mail that should be dropped off at our front door, says Shadow, manager at The Reef. Barbie Bowland, owner of Elmos Adult Books and Video, also claims her mail carrier refused to enter her shop for religious reasons, forcing her to install a mailbox directly beside the store entrance. Regional Postal Service spokesman, Ernie Swanson, told the Kitsap Sun the Postal Services policy does not exclude cannabis dispensaries from fair customer treatment. Josh Mur joined Anti-Media as an independent journalist in January of 2015. His topics of interest include culture, alternative medicine, and government corruption. He currently resides in Sacramento, California, where he was born and raised. This article (Legal Pot Shops Denied Postal Service) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to Josh Mur and theAntiMedia.org. Anti-Media Radio airs weeknights at 11 pm Eastern/8 pm Pacific. If you spot a typo, please email the error and name of the article at edits@theantimedia.org. The coming change out cant come fast enough. I agree, even though Im not sure exactly what you mean by change out. I like the sound of it though! Sounds to me like a couple of postal workers need to be fired. For crying out loud, whats next? A Baptist postal worker who deliver the mail to a bar or casino? If you cant do the job due to your conscience, you and your conscience need to find a new job! Or a new way to see the worldbut whimps need their comfort and hold onto crap in order to imagine they are protecting their comfort. What religious reasons is that? i wasnt aware god was against cannabis carnivora is legal in america they sell it on late night radio w that same ronald reagan ad.. 