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Vancouver Won't Be 'Busting Heads' Over Illicit Cannabis Shops, Says Mayor-Elect

The city is known for its lax attitude toward public sales and consumption of marijuana but still has no licensed stores.

Canada British Columbia

Vancouver's mayor-elect says the city won't be "busting heads" over illicit pot shops or small grow-ops because the cannabis industry deserves time to adjust to legalization.

The city is known for its lax attitude toward public sales and consumption of marijuana but still has no licensed stores, weeks after the drug was legalized across the country.

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Some dispensaries have chosen to keep their doors open while waiting for their licence applications to be processed. Since they lack access to the legal supply chain controlled by the province, they're selling black-market cannabis.

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