Nicholas Arneson, owner of Dallas Vape Delivery & Lounge on Rosedale Street, opened his business just three weeks before a ban on THC vape products took force.

He built his business on vape deliveries and leaned heavily on the product. Most of his customers were interested in THC vape products, he said.

Now, nine large boxes filled with the product sit in the back of Arneson’s store after a new law banning the sale of THC vape pens went into effect Sept. 1. Although some prepared for the loss in sales, many smoke shops are now exploring new avenues of revenue.

Arneson estimated his now unsellable boxes of the product have a value between $5,000 and $10,000 and is weighing his options of what to do with them.

“I’m hoping that I’ll be able to just make a quick exchange, but who knows

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