Pubdate: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 Source: Edmonton Sun (CN AB) Copyright: 2004, Canoe Limited Partnership. Contact: http://www.canoe.com/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/135 Author: Bill Rodgers, Sun Ottawa Bureau Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/mjcn.htm (Cannabis - Canada) Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/decrim.htm (Decrim/Legalization) POT ON SALE IN VANCOUVER STORES KELOWNA -- As the federal government is poised to decriminalize marijuana, two Vancouver stores have been taking it one step further by openly selling the weed. Another Vancouver shop owner is peddling equipment to help people do drugs, selling "bubble bags" that refine hashish for $600. The owner, Bryan Hamilton, boasted to a Vancouver newspaper this week that his business is "liquid cash." While not wanting to speak specifically about the Vancouver situation, Justice Minister Irwin Cotler told Sun Media that some people are confusing decriminalization and legalization. The Vancouver shops - The Spirit Within and Da Kine's - have been doing a booming business right under the noses of city cops who are leaving it up to the city's licensing department to deal with. Marijuana can only be sold legally in Canada to those who can prove they have a medicinal need for it. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake