Confusion remains about the future of retail stores selling magic mushrooms in Vancouver.
Almost six months after a Vancouver magic mushroom store was raided, police say charges will soon be recommended. It comes as city council failed this week to agree on a plan to regulate stores operating all over the city. Alissa Thibault reports.Confusion remains about the future of retail stores selling magic mushrooms in Vancouver after city council shot down a proposal to craft a regulatory framework for the businesses.“It was a case of we have a product that is essentially still illegal.
“At the end of the day, we have to make sure that we are aware of it,” Klassen said. “And, of course, some of these stores are keeping a low profile. Probably you don’t really know from the outside. At the end of the day, they have to be very aware of the fact that they’re selling and distributing products that are not legal. And so that means eventually, that, somebody is going to have to address that.
“It is bizarre,” he said. “It’s a strange situation all around. They got to acknowledge the reality. And I think making rules and licences, it’s better for the city. And it’s not really better for the mushroom dispensary operators. It actually makes our lives more complicated to get a business licence.”Vancouver councillor Pete Fry told Global News that he had introduced the motion to look at forming a regulatory framework around the sale of psilocybin and entheogens.
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