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The RCMP responded to these complaints and is guided by the existing laws and legislation. We do not permit people to sell legal or illegal liquor or prescription medicine on a street corner and similarly, we cannot permit an illegal substance to be sold in a similar manner, particularly when people have complained about it. There is no legal mechanism in Canada which allows for medicinal marihuana dispensaries or compassion clubs to sell or gift to the public.
On November 12, 2015, in response to the complaints, Nanaimo RCMP issued...
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