Since moving back to Vancouver after a long time away, I started to notice fliers advertising mushroom dispensaries around the city. I hadn't seen a store, so I figured it was some dial service or something. Then, a few weeks later, I came across a shop selling mushrooms near my apartment. And then another one. And another one. Just yesterday, I noticed a big one on Broadway at a very visible location.
It reminds me of the lead up to cannabis legalization when you had the city and police basically look the other way when it came to business licenses for selling a formerly illegal substance. Granted, small amounts of all drugs are decriminalized in British Columbia, but it's still not legal to sell mushrooms as far as I know.
Is this something that's happening around the rest of Canada or is Vancouver in its own little bubble here?
