St. John’s First Place in Canada to Have Legalized Marijuana: Pot Shop Lines Swell at Midnight

Reporter: Noah Laybolt

The mob outside of The Natural Vibe snaked its way down the street and through a nearby alley as the midnight countdown to legalization began for October 17, 2018. The crowd was civil,yet anxious; the air was filled with the talk of bright national futures and plant-based miracle cures. The inside of the store was filled to capacity, two attendants behind the desk waiting patiently for the clock to strike and for their industry to become permanently legitimized. When the clock finally struck 12, fireworks began dotting the sky, haphazardly exploding, thanks to a few committed citizens in their backyards nearby. Cars honked. The first man to buy marijuana from the store emerged a hero, brandishing his legally acquired super-drug high and drowning in the applause of hundreds.

There was that image of the iconic green leaf hidden behind brown paper taped to the store’s front window, and the crowd ripped it off of the glass to reveal the symbol concealed beneath it – cheering and whooping as they clawed the last bits of tape from the surface. After a few minutes though, things died down. The line was slow and long.The gravitas faded. People just wanted their weed.

Marijuana is now legal across Canada. For more information on the limitations and guidelines of legal use, you can visit this website: http://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/cannabis/.

Marijuana is also now available for online purchase and delivery within Newfoundland. You can look into that via this address: https://www.shopcannabisnl.com/.