‘Joints for Jabs’: US state allows free cannabis to promote shots

Washington becomes the latest US state to offer a creative way to encourage COVID vaccinations.

With the pace of COVID jabs slowing across the United States, Washington state has announced an incentive for the unvaccinated to get their shots: free cannabis. The state’s Liquor and Cannabis Board (LCB) said on Monday they are temporarily allowing retailers to participate in a “Joints for Jabs” promotion, where adults who receive a shot at an in-store vaccination clinic can receive one complimentary joint. The deal, which runs through July 12, only allows for prerolled joints to be given out, not other items such as edibles.