Marijuana advocates sceptical about Canada path to legal pot
Canada will soon introduce legislation to legalise recreational marijuana. Pot advocates are not as happy as you might think.
The Cannabis Culture dispensary in downtown Toronto gets a steady stream of foot traffic around noon on a weekday.
But Marc Emery, who helped set up the franchise that flouts Canadian drug laws by selling pot to anyone over 19, is annoyed.
The dispensary had been raided the day before by Toronto police.
"It's the government's intention to legalise it. So why is the government still arresting people?" he asks.
Mr Emery is just one of many owners of illegal marijuana storefronts that have mushroomed in cities across Canada after the federal Liberals were elected in 2015.
The Liberals have committed to legalising recreational marijuana in Canada and plan to introduce marijuana law reforms on the sale, cultivation and distribution in parliament next spring.
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