Denver marijuana farms make unwelcome neighbours
EDITOR'S NOTE: With Canada poised to legalize marijuana in 2017, CBC News reporter Solomon Israel went to Denver to see how the fledgling pot industry there has affected where people live, their health concerns and how it shapes public spending. This is the first of three pieces in our series.
Even though pot isn't yet legal in Canada, marijuana dispensaries are already taking root in Toronto neighbourhoods like Kensington Market and the Danforth.
And while that's sparked complaints to police and local councillors, it could be worse: Torontonians could be living near an urban marijuana farm.
That's exactly what's happened to residents from a cluster of neighbourhoods in northeastern Denver, where recreational marijuana sales became legal at the beginning of 2014.
The Colorado capital's experience offers an important lesson to city planners in Toronto and across the country — how will they decide where cannabis businesses should be allowed to operate?
An industrial marijuana grow...
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