Any potential worries for the legalization of cannabis have for the most part, gone up in smoke.
As foreboding in advance and as superficial in reality as the impending doom of Y2K, police, government bodies, and people on the street have seen almost no change at all since the green herb moved off of the grey market.
Following the first five weeks of legalization, the Victoria Police Department issued a total of two 24-hour driving prohibitions in relation to cannabis, each coming with a $230 ticket.
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Additionally, a provincial government body known as the Community Safety Unit, which was specifically developed as an enforcement branch against illegal marijuana outlets and users, has yet to take any action.
After The B次元官网网址 reached out to the CSU to see how the first month of legalized cannabis went, they responded with an emailed statement about their own background.
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When pressed several times for specific details of any actions taken since marijuana became legal in British Columbia on Oct. 17, the CSU declined to comment. Presently, there is still only one legally operating provincial cannabis dispensary in the entire province, located in Kamloops. The first private retail pot shop to get a cannabis licence is in Kimberley.
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The BC Liquor Distribution Branch has forwarded the City of Victoria seven applications for legal storefronts, but they have not yet been approved by both bodies. Several cannabis dispensaries without provincial licences are still running as before in Victoria, and police have declared that if they donB次元官网网址檛 cause trouble, they wonB次元官网网址檛 face consequences from them.
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