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Existing Toronto Cannabis Lounges to Ask for Right to Exist Legally

Toronto's licensing standards committee will hear from cannabis lounge owners on Monday, Sept. 18.


Members of the Cannabis Friendly Business Association plan to ask Toronto's Municipal Licensing and Standards Committee Monday morning for regulation in light of the federal legalization of marijuana.

Local lounge owners argue that provincial regulation, which says marijuana can only be consumed in the privacy of a home, is "not feasible."

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"There is a huge number of renters, people living in condos and townhouses in the city. We just don't have the luxury of not intruding on our neighbor," Abi Roach, owner of the Roach-O-Rama and Hotbox Café, said, listing the type of people who would not be able to smoke in their homes.

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"You also have to think of parents with children or those living with elderly people or people with respiratory problems or tourists. Where are tourists going to smoke cannabis? In their non-smoking hotel rooms?" she asked in an interview.

The Toronto entrepreneur believes businesses like hers, which has been in operation for nearly 20 years, is the perfect alternative to the restrictive policy — not only because it allows communal recreation — but also because it will keep illegal marijuana trafficking and use of the streets, she argues.

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