Barely two days after becoming the first industrialised nation to legalise marijuana, Canadian stores are already running low on stock.
According to the Daily Mail, Canadians seeking out legal recreational marijuana on Thursday not only had to contend with long lines, but also supply shortages in the wake of the historic change. One man called Alexandre was apparently turned away from a store when it closed at 9pm, having been waiting in line for a painful seven hours.
"It was hell, it was cold. But we had fun anyway, talking with people in the crowd and sharing joints" Alexandre said. Supply shortages were also reported in the provinces of Newfoundland and Saskatchewan, and also in the Arctic territory of Nunavut.
Bill Blair, a former Toronto police chief who has led the government’s legalisation programme, told public broadcaster CBC the country was unable to supply enough to meet demand.
“We expected, you know, certain strains might run out and there would be a bit of a run on supply. But, you know, they’ve got a pretty good infrastructure in place and I’m confident it will work” he said.
Under the new law, citizens will be allowed to carry up to 30 grams of cannabis in public and each household will be able to grow up to four marijuana plants.
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mo mfa nsor hor. Ghana has not legalized nt@mpe but Ghanaians smoke it more than anything else.Ghanaians are too fake. I admire Canadians, they're being real rather than pretending like Ghanaians. Meanwhile there is a 100 year old man in prison at Nsawam & 80 year old woman for using small herbs. So the fear of God is imprisoning your grandfather & mom wahu? You guys are too funny
***barred word***. very soon you will be having more mad folks than you can cope with.
...the beginning of the end. History has this magic to simply repeat itself. Civilizations grow and acquire everything, including the most needed but also the most dangerous thing to handle - intellectual might. This might, when not chanelled properly, under the FEAR of GOD, destroys a nation.