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It’s police versus pot shops in the escalating battle over “medical” marijuana in Vancouver — and the cops say it’s keeping them busier than a bud grower at harvest time.
Marijuana shops are sprouting like weeds all over the city.
And despite claims that the stores are helping sick people by providing them with medical marijuana grown by green-thumbed angels of mercy, overwhelmed police say that’s not always the case.
“We’ve seen an explosion in the number of stores — we’ve gone from 12 to over 100,” said Sgt. Randy Fincham, spokesman for the Vancouver Police Department.
“It certainly is creating more work for us. It has caused us to take a hard look at where we’re going to put our police resources.”
The cops have been swamped with complaints about the stores, and Fincham said Vancouver’s thin blue line has been...
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