Pot’s Not Legal in Canada Yet – So Why Are Dispensaries Selling it? The Canadian government announced last year that pot would be recreationally legal mid-2018 – but some dispensaries are getting a head start on sales. There are plenty of cannabis dispensaries in Canada, and they all have one thing in common – they’re illegal. Jim Wilson/The New York Times/Redux. A woman smokes a joint as police officers raid the Cannabis Culture shop in Vancouver, British Columbia, last March. Darryl Dyck/AP. Thousands of people gather to smoke marijuana during the “420 Toronto” rally in Toronto, Wednesday April 20, 2016. Mark Blinch/AP

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