What is happening in Toronto will be happening in California soon after this new Democrat law passes that taxes Cannabis 25%. Politicians who worked against medical cannabis in Prop 215 are not the ones who should be writing the laws about Cannabis. Those tax dollars shouldn't go to the profligates in Sacramento, those monies should go into the research of this wondrous plant. Liberal/progressives lie, cheat and steal, remember ObamaCare "if you want your doctor you can keep your doctor; if you want your plan you can keep your plan." Same thing will happen with Cannabis and that's for sure.
UPDATE (5/26/16 3:25 p.m. PST):
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT at police headquarters, news sources reported on Thursday evening, when he will reveal the names and locations of the dispensaries raided today, the charges, and the material seized. Earlier this month, The Star reported, the city’s licensing department issued warning notices to 78 of 83 known dispensaries operating in Toronto.
Also, Canadian cannabis activist Marc Emery has called on members of the community to gather at police headquarters (40 College Street) at 10:00 a.m., thirty minutes prior to Saunders’ news conference, to protest the raids.
Toronto Mayor John Tory had no comment about the raids, but the previous night, on CP24’s “The Mayor,” a call-in show, he called the storefronts “these so-called dispensaries, which are bogus.”
“You know what they are? They are the people who were chased out of Vancouver when they brought in a licensing system and they all said that’s no problem we’ll go down to Toronto,” Tory said.
“They’re conducting activities that are not within the law and I just think we can’t have them popping up on every street corner and near schools and messing up the livelihood trying to be earned by small business.”
You can watch Tory’s segment on CP24 here; the dispensaries bit starts at 2:12.
ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES BELOW:
Toronto police raided a number of dispensaries around the city this morning as part of an investigation known as “Project Claudia.”
Police are targeting 45 dispensaries, according to The Globe and Mail. Owners are being charged with municipal infractions and could face fines up to $50,000. “They targeted various locations that have been identified as trafficking in marijuana outside of marijuana for medical purposes regulations,” Toronto Police Cons. Caroline de Kloet said.
UPDATE (5/26/16 3:25 p.m. PST):
Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders will hold a news conference at 10:30 a.m. EDT at police headquarters, news sources reported on Thursday evening, when he will reveal the names and locations of the dispensaries raided today, the charges, and the material seized. Earlier this month, The Star reported, the city’s licensing department issued warning notices to 78 of 83 known dispensaries operating in Toronto.
Also, Canadian cannabis activist Marc Emery has called on members of the community to gather at police headquarters (40 College Street) at 10:00 a.m., thirty minutes prior to Saunders’ news conference, to protest the raids.
Toronto Mayor John Tory had no comment about the raids, but the previous night, on CP24’s “The Mayor,” a call-in show, he called the storefronts “these so-called dispensaries, which are bogus.”
“You know what they are? They are the people who were chased out of Vancouver when they brought in a licensing system and they all said that’s no problem we’ll go down to Toronto,” Tory said.
“They’re conducting activities that are not within the law and I just think we can’t have them popping up on every street corner and near schools and messing up the livelihood trying to be earned by small business.”
You can watch Tory’s segment on CP24 here; the dispensaries bit starts at 2:12.
ORIGINAL STORY CONTINUES BELOW:
Toronto police raided a number of dispensaries around the city this morning as part of an investigation known as “Project Claudia.”
Police are targeting 45 dispensaries, according to The Globe and Mail. Owners are being charged with municipal infractions and could face fines up to $50,000. “They targeted various locations that have been identified as trafficking in marijuana outside of marijuana for medical purposes regulations,” Toronto Police Cons. Caroline de Kloet said.
