Quebec cannabis stores are officially open for business

People line up on Metcalfe St. in Montreal Oct. 17, 2017, to buy legal cannabis at the SQDC outlet on Ste-Catherine St.
It was difficult to detect a sense of history in the moment — there was too much cannabis smoke wafting from the bongs being lit outside the government-run marijuana dispensary early Wednesday morning for that.
More than 100 people were lined up outside the boutique on downtown Ste-Catherine St., waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m.
Hugo Senecal, a 39-year-old Montrea