Canada Runs Low on Legal Marijuana Just Weeks After It Goes on Sale

Canada last month became the second country to make it legal for adults to buy, grow and consume small amounts of marijuana.

Canada last month became the second country to make it legal for adults to buy, grow and consume small amounts of marijuana. Source: CC0 Creative Commons

Canada is running low on legal pot three weeks after sales of recreational marijuana were authorized, a shortage that is sending some frustrated consumers back to the black market.


At least three provinces — Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick — are facing a dearth of legal marijuana and two of them have seen outlets selling cannabis temporarily shut down for lack of supply.

Francis Chan has more.


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