Municipalities grapple with regulating legalized marijuana

Local governments are next at bat as the complicated process of regulating the sale of recreational cannabis continues ahead of federal legalization later this year.
On Thursday, the provincial government introduced three bills that will amend different B.C. laws and essentially hand municipalities “control of their own destinies,” in the words of one Metro Vancouver mayor.
Local governments across B.C. must now determine if — and if so, where — they will allow marijuana