PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — After more than a decade serving Portland’s cannabis community, Green Goddess Remedies Weed Dispensary is facing an uncertain future. The beloved shop was robbed at gunpoint on September 14, marking yet another blow to a business already struggling with safety concerns and repeated setbacks.
A Morning Turned Terrifying
It was just after 10 a.m. when two masked suspects dressed in black walked through the doors of the dispensary, located at 5435 SW Taylors Ferry Road. General Manager Elle Lune was working alone that morning.
“I froze, and I immediately stuck my hands up,” Lune recalled. “They told me, ‘Show me the money.’ They grabbed the back of my clothes and pushed me through the door.”
Surveillance footage shows Lune, hands still raised, opening the register as the suspects helped themselves to cash and cannabis products. But the ordeal didn’t end there…