California officials want to ensure that those once punished over harsh weed laws aren’t overrun by wealthy entrepreneurs once it’s legalized recreationally.
Even after last week’s high-profile raids, pot being sold in at least one dispensary. Meanwhile, a local Liberal MP scoffs at a councillor’s request for guidance.
Medicinal cannabis and cosmetics firm MGC Pharmaceuticals has won approval from the US regulator to sell its cannabis-based anti-ageing cosmetics in America.
The event floor was thick with people wandering between booths offering products with advertising describing them as organic and Oregon-grown. In a way it looked like a small business expo or county fair.
Rough estimates suggest that by closing some 80 cannabis storefronts, the city is forcing $10 million to $29 million back into Vancouver’s black-market economy every month.
Politicians and bureaucrats say their hands are tied, and they can’t effectively manage the marijuana dispensary boom that’s hit Toronto since Justin Trudeau’s Liberals were elected.