The Winnipeg Free Press would like to show you notifications for breaking news and noteworthy local journalism.
No Thanks
Allow
Notification Settings
This browser doesn't support push notifications at the moment. Check browsers features, update your browser or try to use one from the list of recommended to manage your notifications settings:
Firefox (27+)
Google Chrome (30+)
Safari ( MacOS 13+ with browser 16.1+ and iOS 16.4+ ) / Note make sure Push API support enabled under Settings > Safari > Advanced > Experimental Features
Microsoft Edge
If you wish to manage your notification settings from this browser you will need to update your browser's settings for this site. Just click button below and allow notifications for this site
Note Safari 16.4+ working on iOS devices also need this site app to be installed at device's Home Screen for Push Notifications to work
Notifications are blocked for this site. If you wish to manage your notification settings from this browser you will need to update your browser's settings. Usually you'd need to click on site options icon to the left of address bar and change notifications preferences/permissions from there
*No charge for four weeks then billed as $19 plus GST every four weeks. Offer only available to new and qualified returning subscribers. Cancel any time.
Instead of reefer madness, it was madness for reefer Wednesday as cannabis became legal in Canada.
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 16/10/2018 (2263 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Instead of reefer madness, it was madness for reefer Wednesday as cannabis became legal in Canada.
Across the country, people from all walks of life lined up outside of dispensaries to finally get to purchase marijuana without fear of getting busted or facing a criminal record for smoking pot.
Steven Stairs (from left), Matt Segstro and Anthony Klatt camped out in front of the Delta 9 store in St Vital overnight waiting for the doors to open at 10 a.m. Wednesday. (Carol Sanders / Winnipeg Free Press)Customers line up outside of Delta 9's Dakota Street store before its opening Wednesday at 10 a.m. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)Dom Druwe, co-manager of Café Postal, sets up a portable stand in front of Tokyo Smoke offering free coffee for patrons while they wait for the store to open. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)About half-a-dozen people stand outside Tokyo Smoke waiting for a chance to be some of the first in Winnipeg to be able to purchase legal cannabis. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)Delta 9's first customer Matthew Dahl spent $25 on two grams of marijuana. He had the day off work Wednesday. (Carol Sanders / Winnipeg Free Press)A Delta 9 employee talks about options available to customers Wednesday in Winnipeg. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)A customer discusses his options with a Delta 9 employee Wednesday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)Customers inside Delta 9 on Dakota Street Wednesday, the first day cannabis became legal in Canada. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)Customers line up to make purchases at Delta 9 in Winnipeg Wednesday. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)Dozens of people stand outside Tweed on Regent Avenue waiting for a chance to be some of the first in Winnipeg to be able to purchase recreational cannabis. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)A depiction of a cannabis bud drops from the ceiling at Leafly's countdown party in Toronto on Wednesday at midnight, marking the first day of the legalization of cannabis across Canada. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press)Canopy Growth CEO Bruce Linto (from left) poses with the receipt for the first legal cannabis for recreation use sold in Canada to Nikki Rose and Ian Power at the Tweed shop on Water Street in St. John's N.L. at 12:01 a.m. NDT on Wednesday. (Paul Daly / The Canadian Press)Hundreds of people wait in line to purchase legal cannabis products outside a government cannabis store in Montreal Wednesday. (Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press files)A man holds up a sign offering to roll marijuana joints for $5 at the lineup outside a government cannabis store in Montreal Wednesday. (Ryan Remiorz / Winnipeg Free Press)People hold up a Canadian flag with a marijuana logo on it outside a government cannabis store in Montreal Wednesday. (Graham Hughes / The Canadian Press)Krissy Calkins smokes a marijuana joint at a Wake and Bake legalized marijuana event in Toronto on Wednesday. (Christopher Katsarov / The Canadian Press)Two costumed figures stand in a Toronto park on Wednesday as they mark the first day of legalization of cannabis across Canada. (Chris Young / The Canadian Press)The inside of British Columbia's first legal cannabis store in Kamloops, B.C. Wednesday prior to opening its doors. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)Customers smell samples of cannabis at the opening of Fire and Flower in Edmonton Wednesday. (Jason Franson / The Canadian Press)The line grew throughout the day at Delta 9 in Winnipeg. (John Woods / The Canadian Press)Customers at Tokyo Smoke make their purchases. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press)There's more than marijuana on sale at Tweed in Osborne Village. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)Cannabis in a sniffer inside of the B.C. cannabis store in Kamloops. (Jonathan Hayward / The Canadian Press)
