"It's a candy store, I like the experience," said Vincent Desjardins, a 20-year-old-student.Ī patchwork of regulations has spread in Canada as each province takes its own approach within the framework set out by the federal government. The Montreal store has a long counter with products behind it. "It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing - you're never ever going to be one of the first people able to buy legal recreational cannabis in Canada ever again," said Stone, a 32-year restaurant and bar manager. Corey Stone and a friend got to the store at 3:45 a.m. "I am so happy to be living in Canada right now instead of south of the border."Ī driver honked jubilantly at people lined up outside of downtown Montreal's new government-run cannabis store. I've been waiting my whole life for this," Clarke said. A crowd of 50 to 100 people waited outside and cheered him. Tom Clarke, an illegal pot dealer for three decades, was also among the first to make a legal sale in Canada when his store opened at midnight local time in Portugal Cove, Newfoundland. "The last time Canada was this far ahead in anything, Alexander Graham Bell made a phone call," said Linton, whose company recently received an investment of $4 billion from Constellation Brands, whose holdings include Corona beer and Robert Mondavi wines.
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