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why do pharmacies have these signs with whacky animations?
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Ok, so this might be an americanism, but the green cross says "cannabis dispensary" to me. At least around me, the medical marijuana industry is somewhat separated from the medical industry, and dispensaries are entirely different establishments from pharmacies. Pharmacies (and other medical establishments) use different symbols. If they were to use a cross to indicate a medical establishment, the red cross would be recognizable as a generalized symbol, but apparently it's heavily protected by the Red Cross.
But that's just my context, so I don't have much of an answer beyond "this is what it means 'round these parts"
Edit: added info from below
So is this not for a cannabis dispensary?
That's definitely part of my blind spot here. I don't know of anywhere that uses a green cross for something other than a dispensary, but I also don't know a lot of things , sooo¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The green cross is the universal symbol for pharmacies in Southern Europe. Admittedly I haven't checked if any of them do have cannabis, but I'd recommend not asking pharmacists whether they got it. As others mentioned, the red cross wouldn't be used as that would be a Geneva conventions violation.
Indeed, the green cross is the symbol for pharmacies here in Spain and in most places I've been (including a bit of northern europe).
None of them sell cannabis. If legal to sell, it needs to be sold in separate stores, which usually don't have flashing signs. Those stores can't use the green cross as a symbol.