Winterlife is taking the opportunity to cash in for the next few months until full retail shops open. What is essentially illegal weed dealing in plain site, relying on the lack of enforcement to stay in business. Unlicensed, not adhering to the rules of i502, akin to me advertising and delivering beer I brewed in my garage. Ballsy for sure, not anything revolutionary.
Every time I meet one of their couriers in broad daylight, and they hand me a receipt, I feel like I'm just grazing a tiny part of history. It's not Rosa Parks level. It's a smaller matter, but it's still an important change for Western society, which legitimizes very, very few kinds of states of consciousness, and strongly favors the one that makes you most productive in a job.
For minorities it's not a small matter. i502 is about so much more than getting high, it's about eliminating a policy which was so often enforced at the discretion of the officer and prosecutor, which opened the door for all kinds of discrimination.
the war on drugs is one of the most damaging policies for society, and i502 is a substantial step in the right direction.
While you can legally buy from Winterlife, Winterlife cannot legally sell to you. They aren't operating in a technically legal gray area, rather they are technically illegal but in practice gray (with local authorities acknowledging that they are within the spirit of legalization and not pursuing them for illegally selling.)