Editorial: Pot ban ends; learning curve begins

Oct. 17 will be remembered as the day that Canada’s other era of prohibition ended, the one that outlawed recreational use of marijuana.
And like the repeal a century ago of various laws banning the sale and consumption of alcohol, it’s an historic and game-changing moment.
It will take some time to get used to the cultural shift: seeing corner cannabis shops, meeting people who work in licensed grow-ops or passing people on the street smoking joints without fear of prosecution.
But