It’s marijuana legalization day in Canada. It should be a glorious day if you smoke cannabis. Instead, you’re left in a lurch, as there’s no store immediately close to buy a bag of weed.
Mad? Don’t look at the provincial government, blame local government, said Mike Farnworth.
On Wednesday, B.C.’s Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General took questions from the media regarding cannabis legalization. And among the queries he fielded included was this from Global Okanagan:
You’re saying that you’re ready for legalized cannabis, but we’re only seeing one store open up. And here in Vernon, we’re actually expecting to see stores close on legalization day. So, ironically, Vernon will have fewer cannabis stores, people are being laid off. Why aren’t we ready for this, why don’t we have our stores staying open?
“We are ready for it,” Farnworth replied. “And, in fact, as we have many of those stores that have voluntarily closed, existing dispensaries have in fact made applications to become legal stores.
Doyle Potenteau and Megan Turcato – Global News – October 17, 2018.
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