Map: The definitive guide to Vancouver's medicinal marijuana dispensaries

Vancouver city council is debating how to best control the over-the-counter sale of medicinal marijuana. A proposed regulatory framework will eventually bring dozens of illegal businesses out of the shadows.

Exactly how many dispensaries exist and where they are located has been something of a mystery.

The storefronts have always stood in plain sight. But the City of Vancouver has long maintained that because there has never been a specific class of business licence for the shops, it hasn’t been able to maintain an official tally. Meanwhile, the Vancouver Police Department similarly refused the Straight’s repeated requests for a list of addresses. It cited privacy concerns that forbid the department from releasing specific information on individuals suspected but not charged with committing a crime

Today (May 4) the Straight was finally able to produce a marijuana dispensaries map that can be described as relying on official data.

The map below...

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