Daphne Bramham: Canada steps off the precipice and into legalization

It was supposed to kill the black market and keep pot out of kids’ hands. But so far, Canada’s bold and unprecedented legalization of cannabis is a mess.
Nowhere is it more obvious than the city known as Van-sterdam in the province whose name is part of a sought-after brand of bud.
Here, there is no place to buy cannabis legally and the city-licensed, but illegal cannabis stores are still open. In anticipation of being legalized as recreational pot shops by the province, some have re