BC Residents Favour Pot Shops for Legal Marijuana Sales: Poll
British Columbians are split on how recreational marijuana should be sold once it’s legal, but stand-alone shops like the dispensaries that line Vancouver’s streets are the most popular option, according to a new poll.
The latest survey from Insights West suggests 38 per cent of people in this province would prefer to see pot-specific stores, beating out weed sales in pharmacies (23 per cent) or liquor stores (24 per cent).
That’s welcome news to Sunny Bhayana, co-director of The Herb Co. on Main Street, one of the few licensed shops in Vancouver. He believes the dispensary system could have a potent effect on the country’s economy.
“If you think about it, there’s never been this type of new economy come out in I don’t know how long,” he said. “If you did it in dispensaries, it would mean hundreds of jobs, hundreds of shops opening up all over.”
But Bhayana doesn’t have much...
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