Amoeba Music in Berkeley can now sell weed; Amoeba LA is staying put

September 27, 2016

Iconic California record store Amoeba Music has been in the news for a couple reasons lately. The first, and most potentially exciting, is that the Berkeley location has officially acquired a license to sell marijuana. That’s right–the best record store in the west is also now a pot dispensary. And when election day rolls around, you might not even need a medical license to grab some accompaniments for your music (or film, or merch) purchase. As Amoeba co-owner David Prinz said last year when they were applying for their dispensary license: “Weed can help save music — absolutely.”

Meanwhile, LA residents were freaking out a couple weeks ago when it was announced that the building housing the Hollywood location of Amoeba was being sold to a big developer that was planning on replacing it with a luxury tower. But Amoeba immediately assuaged the fears of the record-buying public by announcing that they were staying put for the duration of their lease and even after that were committed to staying in the area.