As a green rush hits Toronto streets, most residents are OK with growing number of weed stores: poll
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They key word in that question is actually one that’s missing: medical. And given that the budding business of marijuana dispensaries in Toronto is well outside the prescribed Health Canada
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After years of operating with impunity in Vancouver, ambiguously legal “medical” marijuana stores have been popping up across Toronto for months, some offering appointments to get prescriptions for $50 and others taking painkiller prescriptions in lieu of a medical marijuana card or even accepting proof of a certain kind of ailment, be it back pain or anxiety, as enough to sanction a toke.
Amid the legal and regulatory haze, Toronto Police say they are only going after any of the vape lounges, pot shops and other green-tinged businesses on a complaints basis. And, if the Forum poll is any indication, most Torontonians, are totally cool with it.
“Toronto police is dealing with marijuana on a complaint basis at the moment,” said Victor Kwong, media relations officer with the Toronto Police Service. He said it’s a “different story” if someone is moving a truckload of pot but police are, generally, not going after this green rush “because everything right now is ambiguous.”
Police still check whether dispensaries are getting their supply from licensed growers.