B.C. Lawyer Says Medical Marijuana Users Should Have Right to Buy Pot in Stores

A lawyer for several medical marijuana dispensaries has urged a B.C. Supreme Court judge to toss out an application to close the shops, saying the federal government failed to include them in its plan to legalize recreational cannabis. John Conroy said Tuesday the dispensaries have been operating illegally in a kind of “grey zone” while the city makes a $30,000 profit from each business licence. The City of Vancouver required medical marijuana dispensaries to be…