Canada: Local liquor outlets look to the future of legal marijuana

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Jack Hynes, owner of On The Rocks in Fort St. John, believes his store would benefit if the sale and distribution of legal weed was handled through the existing liquor distribution and retail system.   Photo By William Stodalka

If new marijuana legislation goes the way some local liquor storeowners are hoping, you could soon pick up some bud with your Bud.

Many local liquor storeowners say they would support a plan that would allow them to sell marijuana in their stores, should the federal government move forward with legalizing the drug, as it signaled in its recent throne speech.

On Thursday, the B.C. Government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) and the B.C. Private Liquor Store Association (BCPLSA) announced they both want marijuana sold through the existing liquor distribution and retail system.

Jack Hynes, who owns On The Rocks pub in Fort St. John, believes the move would benefit his company....

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