VANCOUVER
-- A lawyer for several medical marijuana dispensaries has urged a B.C. Supreme
Court judge to toss out an application to close the shops, saying the federal
government failed to include them in its plan to legalize recreational
cannabis.
John Conroy said Tuesday the dispensaries have
been operating illegally in a kind of "grey zone" while the city
makes a $30,000 profit from each business licence.
The City of Vancouver required medical marijuana
dispensaries to be licensed starting in June 2015. Many have continued
operating without a licence and police have not taken action, unlike in
Toronto, where police have raided several similar retailers.
Now, the City of Vancouver is seeking a court injunction to shut down about 50 medical marijuana dispensaries that remain unlicensed.
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