And Emery doesn’t pretend to sell marijuana for “medical” purposes only, thus making a mockery of yet another Vancouver ruse-as-rule. Her new Vancouver shop allows pot smoking inside the premises, a blatant — and in this city, rather shocking — disregard for bylaws. Briere and Emery have also operated or been involved with unlicensed dispensaries in Toronto. One well-known marijuana activist, Jodie Emery, recently took over an unlicensed shop in Vancouver’s West End. Dispensaries began to proliferate in Vancouver about four years ago, when police quit trying to enforce federal prohibitions on retail marijuana sales.

Source: National Post July 29, 2016 03:00 UTC