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Vancouver Issues First Business Licence to Marijuana Dispensary

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 05/18/2016 - 08:51
Vancouver has issued its first business licence to an illegal marijuana dispensary, as the city presses ahead with a landmark set of municipal bylaws in Canada aimed at regulating the sector.

A city spokesperson confirmed Tuesday that the Wealth Shop was granted a licence to operate in a shopping complex on West 10th Avenue in the city’s tony Point Grey neighbourhood, near the University of British Columbia.

Malik Sayadi, who has been in charge of hiring for the store, said the group of young local entrepreneurs behind the dispensary likely benefited by not joining in on the green rush of the past several years. Instead, they worked to gain support from their prospective neighbours and jump through all the bureaucratic hurdles to get the licence, he said.

“Instead of trying to become the first ones there, we just went through all the proper procedures and worked closely with everybody that...

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