Sea to Sky pot dispensary moves to conceal directors' criminal charges
'People make mistakes,' says other pot shop owner with criminal record
With the City of Vancouver looking at new rules to regulate the booming retail marijuana business, one of the hurdles some pot shops will face is police background checks of their operators.
CBC decided to do its own background checks and quickly found some local operators have had serious run-ins with the law, including instances not involving the marijuana business. In one case, two of the operators of the Sea to Sky Alternative Healing Society — well aware their police involvement could back to haunt them — have removed themselves as directors of the pot dispensary at least on paper.
They say they welcome Vancouver's move toward regulation of the city's 80-plus pot dispensaries.
Concerns over marijuana in the workplace linger as more Canadians register as users. (Getty Images)
"It's one more step towards legitimacy," says Nebard Jehanger.
Until last week, both Jehanger and...
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