Another large Canadian city is proposing to remove its prohibition on legal cannabis stores.
Surrey, the second-largest municipality in British Columbia by population, is surveying residents and entrepreneurs over a draft proposal to allow up to 12 cannabis stores to open.
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Proponents say the move would allow legal merchants to help displace the illicit market.
“Our members … are pleased to see the city of Surrey moving to close the access gap to legal cannabis in their community,” Jaclynn Pehota, executive director of the Licensed Retail Cannabis Council of BC (LRCCBC), told MJBizDaily.
Pehota said a lack of reasonable access to legal cannabis has propped up the unregulated market.
“We applaud mayor and (City) Council choosing to provide residents with the option to
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