Two marijuana dispensaries named as first City of Vancouver officially moves to close

The city has officially sent out its first round of letters ordering the closure of specific marijuana dispensaries.

But even though there are more than 90 storefronts illegally selling cannabis in Vancouver, only two were mailed letters stating they must shut their doors “immediately” or “be subject to enforcement action”.

Those locations are Quick Stop Dispensary at 2893 East Broadway and Health Lifestyle Marijuana Supply Centre at 201–1011 Commercial Drive, according to Vancouver’s chief licensing inspector, Andreea Toma.

The city has given every other dispensary a grace period of six months while it works with those operators to see their stores meet the requirements of a legal framework for marijuana-related businesses that councillors adopted last June. The storefronts ordered closed did not file applications for a new class of business licence by an August deadline.

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