Many Ontario cities consider late opt-in to pot shops
Mississauga, Markham, Richmond Hill, Vaughn, Oakville, Whitby and Pickering opted not to allow the sale of legal cannabis but are reconsidering.
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Toronto Police target dispensaries across Canada
Following the arrest of two eminent Canadian marijuana advocates, seven ‘Cannabis Culture’ dispensaries across Canada have been raided.
After Canada’s ‘Prince’ and ‘Princess’ of Pot, Marc and Jodie Emery arrests Wednesday at Pearson Airport, the couple’s chain of dispensaries have been targeted during Toronto Police’s ‘Project Gator’.
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Police and cannabis community in legal limbo over robberies
Toronto marijuana advocates are working with police to find common ground in efforts to make Toronto pot dispensary employees more confident in dialing 911 if robbed.
Michael McLellan, a spokesperson for the Toronto Dispensary Coalition, said that raids by the police paint dispensaries as “easy targets for robberies” as owners and operators are often hesitant to call police out of fear of being raided by the feds.
McLellan said in a news release that a more affective approach would be for the police to “work collaboratively” with the city’s dispensaries.
An employee of Toronto’s Queens of Cannabis medical marijuana dispensary, also blames these “violent” police raids for the string of robberies carried out over the last seven months.
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