Hazy rules around medical marijuana dispensaries
TORONTO -
They line up to see God at this dimly-lit emporium in the Church and Wellesley area — and then they go home and smoke it.
Before opening at 11 a.m., Toronto Dispensary operations manager Marina gingerly reaches into a safe and pulls out more than a dozen glass canisters filled with different types of green bud, mainly imported from British Columbia.
Each jar contains different strains of marijuana with funky names — LA Chocolate, Chemo, Purple Paralysis and, of course, the earthy-smelling God — and she places them in glass cabinets that her customers can peruse before purchasing.
The price for a gram is about $10 — or $225 for an ounce.
But before you head down to pick up some ounces of God, you should know the rules around dispensaries are hazy at best. While these dispensaries are acting as a weed pharmacy, they’re doing so illegally,...
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