Ontario names first cities to host government-run marijuana shops

[Murphy]

Ontario names first cities to host government-run marijuana shops
Shawn Jeffords, The Canadian Press
Published Friday, November 3, 2017

TORONTO -- Ontario has named the first 14 cities where it will set up government-run marijuana stores by July 2018.

The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, which will run the shops through a subsidiary, said Friday the stores will be located in Barrie, Brampton, Hamilton, Kingston, Kitchener, London, Mississauga, Ottawa, Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Vaughan and Windsor.

The LCBO said its representatives, along with staff from Ontario's Ministry of Finance, will meet with the municipalities in the coming weeks to determine the exact locations.

The Ontario government said it will be identifying more locations for its first batch of 40 stores but notes that all consumers will be able to access cannabis through an online retail website.

The province plans to set up approximately 150 stand-alone cannabis stores by 2020.

Last week, Finance Minister Charles Sousa wrote municipal leaders and said Ontario's store rollout aims to achieve the right geographic distribution across the province and to reduce the number of illegal marijuana dispensaries that have opened since the federal government announced it will legalize marijuana next summer.

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Ontario names first cities to host government-run marijuana shops | CTV News

 

[darkbeaver]

When will the government start running food shops and banana shops, why does government believe it has the right to govern what I will smoke or eat, when will the fukkin government make it possible for me to buy hemp shirts and trousers instead of the cotten crap that I have to replace every year. When will the government get the fukkout of my dietary business. It's a plant, a gift form god, more important than governments more usefull than governments more helpfull than governments has more brains than government. Government is supposed to be a slave to the people,much like a doorknob or a can opener.

ITS NOT MARIJUANA ITS CANNABIS. I don't want marijuana I want cannabis you stupid bunch of elected dick heads. Half of you smoke it anyway, it's utility is wasted on you you slobbering ministers of bullshjt.

 

[Murphy]

Ontario intends to launch 80 pot stores over the first year and up to 150 stores by 2020, according to the government.

Most of the first stores will be located where most “illegal” pot dispensaries are located.

The pot sales are expected to cover the cost of setting up a new section of the LCBO to sell the product. Ontario has agreed with the federal government on legal possession limits — up to 30 grams for an adult and up to five grams for a youth.


Liberals reveal Ontario’s pot rules | Toronto Sun

 

[Danbones]

Slobbering Ministers

HaHa, that's SnM all right