November 5, 2018
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.
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.
