Anti-pot group Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada looks at legal challenges

There is a lot of chatter happening at City Hall this month about medicinal-marijuana dispensaries. A public hearing that began June 10 reconvenes on Monday (June 22), when speaker number 173 will take the microphone at a meeting beginning at 6 p.m.

Meanwhile, a group called Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada (SAM Canada) has emerged as a vocal opponent to the city’s proposed regulatory framework for the over-the-counter sale of cannabis. Pamela McColl, a Vancouver-based member of the national group’s advisory council, told the Straight her organization is more than just talk.

“We have a lot of lawyers looking at this whole thing,” McColl said.

The Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner has opened a file in response to McColl lodging a grievance regarding the Vancouver Police Department failing to enforce federal drug laws.

According to emails supplied to the Straight, deputy police complaint commissioner Rollie Woods forwarded...

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