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Originally Posted by dewE
The smoking of marijuana in the open "may" be happening more so now because Canada is in the process of either legalizing or at least de-crimanlizing pot. I was in the city a couple of weeks ago and around the Jarvis/Gerrard area they had a blocked off area with a DJ playing music and several companies displaying and selling pot related items. It's still not a sure thing, but the elected party campaigned on heading in the legalization direction. Doctors can already prescribe medicinal pot and there are what appears to be hundreds of companies trying to get a leg up on selling it, but officially it is still illegal.
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It was actually surprising, didn't expect that from a modern and clean looking city like Toronto. The smell and the stores were really surprising, at the same time they don't sell alcohol in the stores, just like in Sweden there are special stores for it. It's like alcohol is considered the "dangerous" thing in Canada, and many countries it is the opposite.
We have that in Amsterdam, but no other place in Europe it is openly smoked in public (there is a famous part called Christiana in Copenhagen where they sell drugs open).
Anyway, hope you liked the pics from Distillery District above! Next will be Dundas Square and then CN Tower.