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Mastercard moves to ban cannabis purchases on its debit cards (www.reuters.com)
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[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 year ago

This was a maneuver by VISA and MC in the Aughts when Wikileaks was publishing information embarrassing to the US Federal Government.

Pharmacies and medical doctors have long been creative about preserving privacy. Dispensaries will go back to selling tea or candy or miscellaneous OTC pharmacological product which they've been doing since prohibition if not before.