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Anti-pot shop crusader alleges police not enforcing laws against illegal marijuana dispensaries
The Vancouver Police Department has recommended the Vancouver Police Board dismiss a complaint from an anti-pot shop crusader accusing police of failing to shut down the city’s 100 or so illegal marijuana dispensaries.
In a 15-page report that goes before the board Thursday, Deputy Chief Doug LePard provided a detailed analysis of the complaint from Pamela McColl of Smart Approaches to Marijuana Canada and outlined why the majority of dispensaries continue to operate without police interference.
“Marijuana dispensaries are illegal,” LePard wrote. “However, the issue of enforcement against marijuana dispensaries is a complicated one because of intersecting legal, social and political factors.”
The department has publicly stated several times that it does not consider enforcement against pot shops a top priority, saying the drug squad’s focus is on disrupting the trade of harder drugs such as heroin, cocaine...
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